On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 11:02 PM, Jonathan Haddad <j...@jonhaddad.com> wrote: > I've got a class, in the constructor it loads a CSV file from disc. I'd > like only 1 instance of the class to be instantiated. However, when running > multiple unit tests, multiple instances of the class are created. What's > the best way for me to avoid this? It takes about a few seconds to load the > CSV file.
This post that might be worth reading, as it relates to testing with singletons. http://misko.hevery.com/2008/08/17/singletons-are-pathological-liars/ As is this http://misko.hevery.com/code-reviewers-guide/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list