Metadata-Version: 1.0
Name: unittest2
Version: 0.1.4
Summary: The new features in unittest for Python 2.7 backported to Python 2.4+.
Home-page: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/unittest2
Author: Michael Foord
Author-email: michael@voidspace.org.uk
License: UNKNOWN
Description: unittest2 is a backport of the new features added to the unittest testing
        framework in Python 2.7. It is tested to run on Python 2.4 - 2.6.
        
        To use unittest2 instead of unittest simply replace ``import unittest`` with
        ``import unittest2``.
        
        Classes in unittest2 derive from the equivalent classes in unittest, so it
        should be possible to use the unittest2 test running infrastructure without
        having to switch all your tests to using unittest2 immediately. Similarly
        you can use the new assert methods on ``unittest2.TestCase`` with the standard
        unittest test running infrastructure. Not all of the new features in unittest2
        will work with the standard unittest test loaders and runners however.
        
        New features include:
        
        * ``addCleanups`` - better resource management
        * *many* new assert methods including better defaults for comparing lists,
        sets, dicts unicode strings etc and the ability to specify new default methods
        for comparing specific types
        * ``assertRaises`` as context manager, with access to the exception afterwards
        * test discovery and new command line options
        * test skipping and expected failures
        * ``load_tests`` protocol for loading tests from modules or packages
        * ``startTestRun`` and ``stopTestRun`` methods on TestResult
        * various other API improvements and fixes
        
        .. note:: Command line usage
        
        In Python 2.7 you invoke the unittest command line features (including test
        discover) with ``python -m unittest <args>``. As unittest is a package, and
        the ability to invoke packages with ``python -m ...`` is new in Python 2.7,
        we can't do this for unittest2.
        
        Instead unittest2 comes with a script ``unit2``.
        `Command line usage <http://docs.python.org/dev/library/unittest.html#command-line-interface>`_::
        
        unit2 discover
        unit2 -v test_module
        
        There is also a copy of this script called ``unit2.py``, useful for Windows
        which uses file-extensions rather than shebang lines to determine what
        program to execute files with. Both of these scripts are installed by
        distutils.
        
        Until I write proper documentation, the best information on all the new features
        is the development version of the Python documentation for Python 2.7:
        
        * http://docs.python.org/dev/library/unittest.html
        
        There is some information about the new features in
        `New and improved: new features in unittest
        <http://code.google.com/p/unittest-ext/source/browse/trunk/unittest2/unittest2.txt>`_.
        
        Look for notes about features added or changed in Python 2.7.
        
        unittest2 is maintained in an SVN repository courtesy of google code:
        
        * `unittest2 on google code <http://code.google.com/p/unittest-ext/source/browse/#svn/trunk/unittest2>`_
        
        
        Differences
        ===========
        
        Differences between unittest2 and unittest in Python 2.7:
        
        ``assertSameElements`` does not silence Py3k warnings as this uses
        ``warnings.catch_warnings()`` which is new in Python 2.6 (and is used as a
        context manager which would be a pain to make work with Python 2.4).
        
        The underlying dictionary storing the type equality functions on TestCase is a
        custom object rather than a real dictionary. This allows TestCase instances to
        be deep-copyable on Python versions prior to 2.7.
        
        ``TestCase.longMessage`` defaults to True because it is better. It defaults to
        False in Python 2.7 for backwards compatibility reasons.
        
        ``python -m package`` doesn't work until Python 2.7, to provide the command line
        features a ``unit2`` (and ``unit2.py``) script is provided instead.
        
        
        CHANGELOG
        =========
        
        0.1
        ---
        
        Initial release.
        
Keywords: unittest testing tests
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Development Status :: 3 - Alpha
Classifier: Environment :: Console
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.4
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.5
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Testing
