On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 10:24 PM Shane H <shane....@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Tuesday, November 19, 2019 at 4:11:52 PM UTC+11, burak serdar wrote:
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>> This is what I usually do in these situations:
>>
>> var amqpDial=amqp.Dial
>> func (mq *MQ) Connect() (err error) {
>> ...
>> mq.conn, err = amqpDial(mq.URI)
>> ...
>> }
>>
>> func TestConnect(t *testing.T) {
>> amqpDial=fakeDial
>> defer func() {amqpDial=amqp.Dial}()
>> ...
>> }
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> This works, the only drawback is that I have to choose between making
> amqpDial an exported (I want to say symbol here) variable, or have the test
> in the same package (as opposed to a _test pkg)
>
> I've gone with the latter, put these tests into the same package, thanks.
Instead of exporting the variable, you can export a setter function,
something like:
func SetAMQPDialerForTest(f func) {
...
}
The name is explicit, it can only be used for setting, and iirc, the
linker removes it when it is not used (i.e. when not testing).
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