Eric Wilhelm wrote: > # from Michael G Schwern > # on Monday 16 March 2009 11:47: > >> I suppose what really covers their ass is that by being broken up into >> test_* routines each test function is isolated and their code is >> simpler and less likely to have a logic error that results in a test >> never being run. > > Why is it that whenever plans come up, we hear all about the checksum > aspect, but never talk about the 'progress bar'? If you're running > someone else's test suite, it is very nice to have some idea of how > much has completed. Yes, that has caveats, but so does everything.
xUnit frameworks certainly have progress bars. They do this, I assume, by simply counting the number of test* methods ran vs the total number to be run. -- 164. There is no such thing as a were-virgin. -- The 213 Things Skippy Is No Longer Allowed To Do In The U.S. Army http://skippyslist.com/list/