[Fwd: Re: [Biopython-dev] Bio.CAPS module submission]

[Jonathan Taylor]

I chose suite() because in the pyunit documentation they say its a good
idea to include such a callable object (read method) named suite.

http://pyunit.sourceforge.net/pyunit.html#SUITES

 From the page:
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  For the ease of running tests, as we will see later, it is a good idea
to provide in each test module a 'callable' object that returns a
pre-built test suite:

        def suite():
            suite = unittest.TestSuite()
            suite.addTest(WidgetTestCase("testDefaultSize"))
            suite.addTest(WidgetTestCase("testResize"))
            return suite
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Cheers.
Jon.

Michael Hoffman wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Feb 2005, Iddo Friedberg wrote:
> 
>> Jonathan Taylor floated an idea to add unit testing in addition to 
>> regression testing. Seems useful, and the change to setup.py is minor. 
>> There should be no changes to the test_MODULE.py files, or the current 
>> behavior of run_tests.py
>>
>> Does anybody see any problem with this? I don't.
> 
> 
> Sure, except I think "suite" as a name doesn't really explain very
> much and I hate to get stuck with it.
> 
> I have used doctests before but just wrapped them in the existing
> regression testing framework. See test_GFF. In general, Jonathan's
> method is superior.