I don't think redirecting stdout to a file is a good resolution. How to organize the output file is very important. in my imagination, there should be one directory "log", where log files are saved. and, log files should be separated according to some method(for example, one test file one log file).
also, from my point of view, there is one confusion between "log files" and normal stdout stream. stdout stream is used to display some imediate information, for example, "print" statement, or exception also can be outputed to the screen... but, stdout stream can't satisfy many requirements... for example, in one "big" project, there are many test cases, in which we need record many useful data, whether correct or not. how to do this? print statement is not a good idea. there should be another "stream" to do this. it can record infomation, same to stdout or not. so, a good log frame will satisfy: 1) "log" is not the stdout stream. 2) log files are oganized systematically, not only one big log file. 3) log information should be written to file imediately, not be delayed until one case is finished. why? test script writter may not know the test framework. if he/she write one test case with many output data(maybe it is necesary), this will consume the system memory greatly, ... 4) also, log directory should be one limited cyclic...for example, from 1 to 10. this will avoid imediate overwriting...sometimes the previous log information would be useful. ...hehe... best regards. >From: Benji York <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: kanchy kang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >CC: python-list@python.org >Subject: Re: why don't many test frameworks support file-output? >Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 14:55:07 -0500 > >kanchy kang wrote: >>i browsed the following frameworks briefly: nose, OOBTest, >>testosterone, py.test, Sancho ... and found out they do support imediate >>screen-output only. > >You can redirect stdout to a file. >-- >Benji York _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
