Hi guys,
(Python 2.7, Windows 7 64-bit)
Here's a bit of code stress-testing a method addUpdate_special_to_cart. The
test adds and updates random "specials" (multiple products bundled at an
advantageous price) of various sizes to thousands of shopping carts, then
restocks the whole darn lot. The test passes if the stock level afterwards is
the same as it was before executing the code for all products.
addUpdate_special_to_cart is working perfectly. But the test isn't.
The test iterates over the same code twice, once with special_qty==4, once with
special_qty==0, reseeding the Python random module number generator to a fixed
seed (a string) between the iterations. special_qty==0 removes the special and
restocks the products. The test relies on precisely the same random number
sequence on both runs.
Can you think of a reason why the random number generator should fall out of
sync between the two iterations? Because that's what's happening by the look of
it: occasionally products are returned to the wrong stockbin. No "random"
module method is used anywhere else while this code is executing.
When I assign something non-random to the stockbin parameter, the test passes.
Best wishes,
Nick
for qty in [4, 0]:
random.seed(seed)
for cart in range(test_size):
for special in range(randrange(3)):
s.addUpdate_special_to_cart(cart=cart,
stockbin=randrange(test_size),
special_id=randrange(test_size), special_qty=qty,
products=[(random.choice(PRODUCTS), random.choice(range(10)))
for r in
range(randrange(7))])
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