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dynamic tests generation that works in unittest and nose
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| # modified from http://bit.ly/dEyw03 | |
| import unittest | |
| class TestMyGoods(unittest.TestCase): | |
| pass | |
| def create_dynamic_method(pair): | |
| """just don't include `test` in the function name here, nose will try to | |
| run it""" | |
| def dynamic_test_method(self): | |
| """this function name doesn't matter much, it can start with `test`, | |
| but we're going to rename it dynamically below""" | |
| self.assertEqual(pair, pair) # this is our actual assertion | |
| return dynamic_test_method | |
| for k, pair in enumerate(xrange(12)): | |
| dynamic_method = create_dynamic_method(pair) | |
| dynamic_method.__name__ = 'test_{0}'.format(k) | |
| dynamic_method.__doc__ = 'my super great name {0}'.format(k) | |
| setattr(TestMyGoods, dynamic_method.__name__, dynamic_method) | |
| # remove the last test name from the current namespace, | |
| # so nose doesn't run it | |
| del dynamic_method | |
| if __name__ == '__main__': | |
| unittest.main() |
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