You can wrap the subclassing and the \removeFromSystem with SystemAnnouncer uniqueInstance suspendAllWhile: [ ]
2015-10-24 20:43 GMT+02:00 Peter Uhnák <i.uh...@gmail.com>: > Hi, > > is it possible to do fast, non-system wide class subclassing in tests? > > Currently I would do something like > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > MyTest>>testSomething > cls := SomeParent subclass: #Something. > "... do some tests ..." > cls removeFromSystem > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > This is for example what ClassTest is doing. > > However this is very slow, and even for small tests suite --- just ten (so > far) test methods it takes over ten seconds to test it all, which is quite > bad for TDD. > > My guess is that since it has to write to class to the environment and > disk and then remove it it takes a while: > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > [ Object subclass: #Something ] timeToRun. "0:00:00:00.021" > [ #Something asClass removeFromSystem ] timeToRun. "0:00:00:00.526" > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > is it possible to speed it up? Create classes that are fast to remove? > > Thanks, > Peter >
