Opened 3 years ago
Last modified 3 years ago
#32959 closed Cleanup/optimization
URLValidator test cases can be defined in a Python module — at Version 1
| Reported by: | Chris Jerdonek | Owned by: | nobody |
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| Component: | Testing framework | Version: | dev |
| Severity: | Normal | Keywords: | |
| Cc: | Triage Stage: | Ready for checkin | |
| Has patch: | yes | Needs documentation: | no |
| Needs tests: | no | Patch needs improvement: | no |
| Easy pickings: | yes | UI/UX: | no |
Description (last modified by )
I noticed that the URLValidator tests have a number of test cases defined in separate text files (valid_urls.txt and invalid_urls.txt): https://github.com/django/django/tree/012f38f9594b35743e9ab231757b7b62db638323/tests/validators
However, it seems like it would be more maintainable if these test cases were defined in a Python module (e.g. the same tests.py file containing the test code). One reason is that there aren't actually that many test cases to warrant a separate file. Another is that having them as part of a Python module would permit them to be annotated with code comments. Currently, none of the test cases have any comments elaborating on what they're testing, and having them in a text file precludes that possibility. Finally, if there are any concerns about mistranscribing from the text files to a Python module, the transcription could be done with a Python script to eliminate the possibility of transcription errors.