[Python-Dev] Unit testing (again)

[Jeremy Hylton]

>>>>> "FL" == Fredrik Lundh <fredrik@pythonware.com> writes:

  >> > After the first exception, something is broken and needs to be
  >> > fixed, regardless of whether subsequent lines of code work.
  >>
  FL> jeremy, that's the kind of comment I would have expected from a
  FL> manager, not from a programmer who has done lots of testing.
  >>
  >> I don't think there's any reason to be snide.

  FL> Well, I first wrote "taken out of context, that's the kind of
  FL> comment" but then I noticed that it wasn't really taken out of
  FL> context.

  FL> And in full context, it still looks a bit arrogant: why would
  FL> Andrew raise this issue if *he* didn't want more granularity?

I hope it's simple disagreement and not arrogance.  I do not agree
with him (or you) on a particular technical issue -- whether
particular expressions should be stuffed into string literals in order
to recover from exceptions they raise.  There's a tradeoff between
readability and granularity and I prefer readability.

I am surprised that you are impugning my technical abilities (manager,
not programmer) or calling me arrogant because I don't agree.  I think
I am should be entitled to my wrong opinion.

Jeremy