Message 151337 - Python tracker

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Author	diekhans
Recipients	Yaroslav.Halchenko, abingham, brian.curtin, diekhans, eric.araujo, eric.snow, exarkun, ezio.melotti, fperez, michael.foord, nchauvat, ncoghlan, pere.martir, pitrou, r.david.murray, terry.reedy
Date	2012-01-16.07:31:47
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Message-id	<1326699108.79.0.0187448644639.issue12600@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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The lack of the ability to pass a parameter to a test case is a very frustrating restriction with unittest. The frequent need if for a database connection for testing database related classes. Yes, there are lots of other ways to work around it, but they tend to involved need to understand and subclass several pieces of the unittest framework. An enthusiastic yes on this.

The lack of the ability to pass a parameter to a test case is a very
frustrating restriction with unittest. The frequent need if for a database
connection for testing database related classes.

Yes, there are lots of other ways to work around it, but they tend to involved need to understand and subclass several pieces of the unittest
framework.

An enthusiastic yes on this.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2012-01-16 07:31:49	diekhans	set	recipients: + diekhans, terry.reedy, exarkun, ncoghlan, pitrou, ezio.melotti, eric.araujo, r.david.murray, michael.foord, brian.curtin, fperez, Yaroslav.Halchenko, nchauvat, abingham, eric.snow, pere.martir
2012-01-16 07:31:48	diekhans	set	messageid: <1326699108.79.0.0187448644639.issue12600@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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2012-01-16 07:31:47	diekhans	create