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| -rw-r--r-- | pystache/tests/main.py | 15 |
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diff --git a/pystache/tests/main.py b/pystache/tests/main.py index 68b41a1..b9bc58f 100644 --- a/pystache/tests/main.py +++ b/pystache/tests/main.py @@ -16,6 +16,21 @@ UNITTEST_FILE_PREFIX = "test_" # TODO: enhance this to work with doctests (instead of using the load_tests # protocol), etc. + +# Notes for TODO: +# +# The function unittest.main() is an alias for unittest.TestProgram's +# constructor. The constructor calls self.runTests() as its final step, which +# expects self.test to be set. The constructor sets the self.test attribute +# by calling one of self.testLoader's "loadTests" methods. These methods +# return a unittest.TestSuite instance. Thus, self.test is set to a TestSuite +# instance prior to calling runTests(). +# +# Our strategy is to subclass unittest.TestProgram and override its runTests() +# method. Our implementation of runTests() will add to self.test additional +# TestCase or TestSuite instances (e.g. doctests and spec tests), and then +# call the base class's runTests(). + class Tester(object): """ |