Print out another long description in nasal tests along with the python test name
I am using the command:
nosetests test.py
When this is done, only the first line of the description is printed. I want the whole description along with the test name. How to do it?
test.py file
import unittests
class TestClass(unittest.TestCase):
def test_1(self):
"""this is a long description //
continues on second line which does not get printed """
some code;
self.assertTrue(True)
def test_2(self):
"""this is another or different long description //
continues on second line which does not get printed """
some code;
self.assertTrue(True)
if __name__ == '__main__':
unittest.main()
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Unittest is documented as just showing the first line of the docstring method of the test method. But you can override the default method implementation shortDescription
to customize this behavior:
import unittest
class TestClass(unittest.TestCase):
def shortDescription(self):
return self._testMethodDoc
def test_1(self):
"""this is a long description //
continues on second line """
self.assertTrue(True)
def test_2(self):
"""this is another or different long description //
continues on second line which also gets printed :) """
self.assertTrue(True)
if __name__ == '__main__':
unittest.main(verbosity=2)
Demo:
$ nosetests -v example.py
this is a long description //
continues on second line ... ok
this is another or different long description //
continues on second line which also gets printed :) ... ok
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 2 tests in 0.000s
OK
Someone wrote a nose plugin to fix this annoyance, you might be interested in using that. Here it is: https://bitbucket.org/natw/nose-description-fixer-plugin/
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