I see the distinction, thanks for the feedback and confirmation!
On Saturday, February 4, 2017 at 9:48:48 PM UTC-8, Dave Cheney wrote: > > On Sunday, 5 February 2017 15:39:55 UTC+11, so.q...@gmail.com wrote: > > I generally favor "external test packages", that is having "_test" as a > suffix to my test package names. > > For example, "package foo" (foo.go) would have a test file (foo_test.go) > named "package foo_test" > > > > > > I do so under the belief that it forces me to test against my package's > public interface and prevents any test functions from accidentally being > called in the main package. > > Writing your tests like this makes TDD pretty hard unless you plan to make > everything public > > > > > > Are those correct assumptions? Do you mostly use "external test > packages"? > > I don't, i think internal tests are for unit tests, external tests are for > functional tests, maybe. > > > > > > Also, are all test files (*_test.go) NOT compiled into the build? > > That is correct. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
