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author | Ezio Melotti <ezio.melotti@gmail.com> | 2015-03-24 10:52:13 (GMT) |
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committer | Ezio Melotti <ezio.melotti@gmail.com> | 2015-03-24 10:52:13 (GMT) |
commit | 0f05cea05773d0810db6219cd1430d8c46d29a3b (patch) | |
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#11468: merge with 3.4.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/unittest.rst b/Doc/library/unittest.rst index 7ddf703..70f99a0 100644 --- a/Doc/library/unittest.rst +++ b/Doc/library/unittest.rst @@ -80,37 +80,29 @@ The :mod:`unittest` module provides a rich set of tools for constructing and running tests. This section demonstrates that a small subset of the tools suffice to meet the needs of most users. -Here is a short script to test three functions from the :mod:`random` module:: +Here is a short script to test three string methods:: - import random - import unittest - - class TestSequenceFunctions(unittest.TestCase): + import unittest - def setUp(self): - self.seq = list(range(10)) + class TestStringMethods(unittest.TestCase): - def test_shuffle(self): - # make sure the shuffled sequence does not lose any elements - random.shuffle(self.seq) - self.seq.sort() - self.assertEqual(self.seq, list(range(10))) + def test_upper(self): + self.assertEqual('foo'.upper(), 'FOO') - # should raise an exception for an immutable sequence - self.assertRaises(TypeError, random.shuffle, (1,2,3)) + def test_isupper(self): + self.assertTrue('FOO'.isupper()) + self.assertFalse('Foo'.isupper()) - def test_choice(self): - element = random.choice(self.seq) - self.assertTrue(element in self.seq) + def test_split(self): + s = 'hello world' + self.assertEqual(s.split(), ['hello', 'world']) + # check that s.split fails when the separator is not a string + with self.assertRaises(TypeError): + s.split(2) - def test_sample(self): - with self.assertRaises(ValueError): - random.sample(self.seq, 20) - for element in random.sample(self.seq, 5): - self.assertTrue(element in self.seq) + if __name__ == '__main__': + unittest.main() - if __name__ == '__main__': - unittest.main() A testcase is created by subclassing :class:`unittest.TestCase`. The three individual tests are defined with methods whose names start with the letters @@ -118,16 +110,15 @@ individual tests are defined with methods whose names start with the letters represent tests. The crux of each test is a call to :meth:`~TestCase.assertEqual` to check for an -expected result; :meth:`~TestCase.assertTrue` to verify a condition; or -:meth:`~TestCase.assertRaises` to verify that an expected exception gets raised. -These methods are used instead of the :keyword:`assert` statement so the test -runner can accumulate all test results and produce a report. +expected result; :meth:`~TestCase.assertTrue` or :meth:`~TestCase.assertFalse` +to verify a condition; or :meth:`~TestCase.assertRaises` to verify that a +specific exception gets raised. These methods are used instead of the +:keyword:`assert` statement so the test runner can accumulate all test results +and produce a report. -When a :meth:`~TestCase.setUp` method is defined, the test runner will run that -method prior to each test. Likewise, if a :meth:`~TestCase.tearDown` method is -defined, the test runner will invoke that method after each test. In the -example, :meth:`~TestCase.setUp` was used to create a fresh sequence for each -test. +The :meth:`~TestCase.setUp` and :meth:`~TestCase.tearDown` methods allow you +to define instructions that will be executed before and after each test method. +They are covered in more details in the section :ref:`organizing-tests`. The final block shows a simple way to run the tests. :func:`unittest.main` provides a command-line interface to the test script. When run from the command @@ -142,12 +133,12 @@ line, the above script produces an output that looks like this:: Passing the ``-v`` option to your test script will instruct :func:`unittest.main` to enable a higher level of verbosity, and produce the following output:: - test_choice (__main__.TestSequenceFunctions) ... ok - test_sample (__main__.TestSequenceFunctions) ... ok - test_shuffle (__main__.TestSequenceFunctions) ... ok + test_isupper (__main__.TestStringMethods) ... ok + test_split (__main__.TestStringMethods) ... ok + test_upper (__main__.TestStringMethods) ... ok ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Ran 3 tests in 0.110s + Ran 3 tests in 0.001s OK @@ -1103,6 +1103,7 @@ Claudiu Popa John Popplewell Davin Potts Guillaume Pratte +Florian Preinstorfer Amrit Prem Paul Prescod Donovan Preston |