On Tuesday 15 April 2008 16:23, Ben Finney wrote: > "Giampaolo Rodola'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Is there a way to force unittest to run test methods in the order > > they appear? > > No, and this is a good thing. > > Your test cases should *not* depend on any state from other test > cases; they should function equally well when executed in any > arbitrary sequence. Dependencies between separate test cases (e.g. > "they only work correctly when run in a specific sequence") means > you're not isolating them properly. > > Use the TestCase.setUp and TestCase.tearDown methods to handle any > fixtures needed by test cases in each class of test cases. That way, > the fixtures will be set up and torn down between every test case. > Find out about test fixtures in the documentation for unittest > <URLhttp://www.python.org/doc/lib/module-unittest>. > > -- > \ "All my life I've had one dream: to achieve my many goals." -- | > `\ Homer, _The Simpsons_ | > _o__) | > Ben Finney
a better approach maybe is just to write your own test harness. it's trivial to write a minimal system, which is then a solid basis for the enhancements which are best for you. tom arnall arcata -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
