On Sat, Oct 20, 2018 at 1:36 PM Peter Otten <__pete...@web.de> wrote:
>
> boB Stepp wrote:
>
> > Linux Mint 19 Cinnamon, Python 3.6.6
[snip]
> > I was expecting this error and will shortly correct it. So my
> > question remains, when are "__init__.py" files needed and when are
> > they not?
>
> I am struggling with the differences between the two types of packages
> myself, so my first guess was that you accidentally found out that test
> discovery doesn't work for namespace packages. However
>
> https://docs.python.org/dev/library/unittest.html#test-discovery
>
> expicitly states
>
> """
> Changed in version 3.4: Test discovery supports namespace packages.
> """
>
> Perhaps you should file a bug report.
I just waded through PEP 420 describing "implicit namespace packages".
I think I have a cursory understanding now, but not enough to feel
confidant to file a bug report. It *seems* that with my project
structure below (Note the slight correction.) if I initiate test
discovery in the top level directory (The one holding main.py.) and
have no __init__.py files anywhere, that my initial effort should have
run the one test with the resulting error instead of running 0 tests.
Can anything reading this duplicate my issue? If yes, then I will
endeavour to file a bug report. But otherwise, I would suspect
something screwy that I have done and am currently unaware of what it
may be.
> > In case it helps, my current project structure is:
> >
> > ~/Projects
> > data/
> > docs/
> > tests/
> > .git/
> > main.py
> > .gitignore
Just noticed that I mistyped the top level of my project structure.
It should be:
~/Projects/solitaire_scorekeeper/
etc.
--
boB
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