For anyone interested I finally submitted a ticket[0] to add this feature to core since the third-party app[1] was proven to be quite functional in all the projects I've used it so far and no issues were opened against the package in the two years it has been around.
Looking forwards to see this feature included in the next versions of Django. Cheers, Simon [0] https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/31395#ticket [1] https://github.com/charettes/django-testdata Le vendredi 23 novembre 2018 22:29:33 UTC-5, charettes a écrit : > > Dear developers, > > Django 1.8 introduced the `TestCase.setUpTestData()` class method as a > mean to > speed up test fixtures initialization as compared to using `setUp()`[0]. > > As I've come to use this feature and review changes from peers using it in > different projects the fact that test data assigned during its execution > couldn't be safely altered by test methods without compromising test > isolation > has often be the source of confusion and frustration. > > While the `setUpTestData` documentation mentions this limitation[1] and > ways to > work around it by using `refresh_from_db()` in `setUp()` I believe it > defeats > the whole purpose of the feature; avoiding unnecessary roundtrips to the > database to speed up execution. Given `TestCase` goes through great > lengths to > ensure database level data isolation I believe it should do the same with > class > level in-memory data assigned during `setUpTestData`. > > In order to get rid of this caveat of the feature I'd like to propose an > adjustment to ensure such in-memory test data isolation. > > What I suggest doing is wrapping all attributes assigned during > `setUpTestData` > in descriptors that lazily return `copy.deepcopy()`ed values on instance > attribute accesses. By attaching the `deepcopy()`'s memo on test instances > we > can ensure that the reference graph between objects is preserved and thus > backward compatible. > > In other words, the following test would pass even if `self.book` is a deep > copy of `cls.book`. > > class BookTests(TestCase): > @classmethod > def setUpTestData(cls): > cls.author = Author.objects.create() > cls.book = cls.author.books.create() > > def test_relationship_preserved(self): > self.assertIs(self.book.author, self.author) > > Lazily returning `deepcopy'ies and caching returned values in `__dict__` à > la > `cached_property` should also make sure the slight performance overhead > this > incurs is minimized. > > From a check against a few projects and Django's test suite[2] I have only > identified a single issue which is that attributes assigned during > `setUpTestData` would now have to be `deepcopy()`able but it shouldn't be > a blocker given `Model` instance are. > > In order to allow other possible issues from being identified against > existing > projects I packaged the proposed feature[3] and made it available on > pypi[4]. It > requires decorating `setUpTestData` methods but it shouldn't be too hard to > apply to your projects if you want to give it a try. > > Given this reaches consensus that this could be a great addition I'd file > a ticket and finalize what I have so far[2]. > > Thank your for your time, > Simon > > [0] > https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/releases/1.8/#testcase-data-setup > [1] > https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/topics/testing/tools/#django.test.TestCase.setUpTestData > [2] > https://github.com/charettes/django/compare/setuptestdata...charettes:testdata > [3] https://github.com/charettes/django-testdata > [4] https://pypi.org/project/django-testdata/ > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers (Contributions to Django itself)" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/08c3a11f-49d2-461b-b6c6-d27c5ba758f8%40googlegroups.com.
