Re: [Tutor] unittests, testing a type

2009-07-16 Thread Dave Angel
if I don't have a value that is a Decimal object something is wrong. Cheers, T Original-Nachricht Datum: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:36:14 -0400 Von: Dave Angel An: CC: Todd Matsumoto , tutor@python.org Betreff: Re: Re: [Tutor] unittests, testing a type On T

Re: [Tutor] unittests, testing a type

2009-07-14 Thread Todd Matsumoto
ve a value that is a Decimal object something is wrong. Cheers, T Original-Nachricht > Datum: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:36:14 -0400 > Von: Dave Angel > An: > CC: Todd Matsumoto , tutor@python.org > Betreff: Re: Re: [Tutor] unittests, testing a type > On Tue, J

Re: [Tutor] unittests, testing a type

2009-07-14 Thread Dave Angel
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Todd Matsumoto wrote: The reason why is I'm receiving the Decimal value from another program, if I already know that the value will be a Decimal why test it? How are you receiving it? File, pickle, pipe, socket, exit() return value? When I first read

Re: [Tutor] unittests, testing a type

2009-07-14 Thread Kent Johnson
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Todd Matsumoto wrote: > Okay, > > Thanks that worked. > > I still needed to import the Decimal class and I'm not sure that is okay. Sure, why not? > The reason why is I'm receiving the Decimal value from another program, if I > already know that the value will be

Re: [Tutor] unittests, testing a type

2009-07-14 Thread Kent Johnson
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 9:45 AM, A.T.Hofkamp wrote: > Todd Matsumoto wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Does anyone know how to do a unittest assert for a type? > For new-style classes, you should be able to do > > > type(result) is Decimal When possible, it's better to use assertEqual() rather than a plain

Re: [Tutor] unittests, testing a type

2009-07-14 Thread Todd Matsumoto
his test-driven development thing. Cheers, T Original-Nachricht > Datum: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:45:18 +0200 > Von: "A.T.Hofkamp" > An: Todd Matsumoto > CC: "tutor@python.org" > Betreff: Re: [Tutor] unittests, testing a type > Todd Matsumoto

Re: [Tutor] unittests, testing a type

2009-07-14 Thread A.T.Hofkamp
Todd Matsumoto wrote: Hi, Does anyone know how to do a unittest assert for a type? So If you have a program returning a Decimal, lets say Decimal("1"), and you want to make sure that what is returned is a Decimal object. At first I thought of importing Decimal and making my own Decimal("1")

[Tutor] unittests, testing a type

2009-07-14 Thread Todd Matsumoto
Hi, Does anyone know how to do a unittest assert for a type? So If you have a program returning a Decimal, lets say Decimal("1"), and you want to make sure that what is returned is a Decimal object. At first I thought of importing Decimal and making my own Decimal("1") and doing an assertEqua