hi,
what do you think of a pygame.test package?
Here's an idea Nicholas and I have been discussing for adding the
pygame unittests, and test framework into a pygame module.
We haven't really threshed out the ideas fully yet, but here are the
notes for further discussion.
>>> # load the various tests.
>>> pygame.test.load()
>>> # run the tests.
>>> pygame.test.run()
>>> # module for generating stubs for untested code.
>>> pygame.test.gen_stubs
That is, making the tests a package of pygame.
Why?
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- people can run the tests to see if everything works in their own programs.
- So you could for example run the tests on a persons computer to
see if everything in pygame+ your program is working.
- you could also test which driver/function combination works, or
works fastest.
- it would make testing a py2exe/pyapp generated binary much easier.
- other people can use our testing framework enhancements for their own tests.
- would make bug reporting easier. Since everyone could run
unittests, since they will be installed everywhere pygame is
installed.
- would allow unittest result submission easy. This would result in a
much larger base of computers running the unittests and submitting
problems. This would be opt in of course.
- make the testing stuff more a library, than a framework.
- allow people submit unittests more easily. Since they won't require
a source release of pygame to write unittests. eg people using a
windows binary install of pygame, or a ubuntu binary install can run
and submit unittests.
How will it affect writing tests?
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Hopefully it won't. Tests will be written as they are now.
Probably have to make the tests not rely on data in examples/data
directory like some do.
Will allow more people to write unittests. Since they won't need the
source install of pygame.
How do you plan to implement it?
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Not sure yet.
keep the test directory as it is now... basically on install... make a
copy of it?
Will need to move some stuff around. Probably move some stuff into a
lib/test/ directory.
