[Buildroot] [PATCH v2 00/12] default runtime test case for python packages v2

[Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>]

Hello Ricardo,

On Fri,  2 Nov 2018 01:12:29 -0300, Ricardo Martincoski wrote:

> Ricardo Martincoski (11):
>   support/testing: use helper class in IPython test
>   support/testing: use helper class in Python test
>   support/testing: create intermediate class per Python version
>   support/testing: create default test case for python packages
>   support/testing: use TestPythonPackageBase for python-autobahn
>   support/testing: use TestPythonPackageBase for python-cryptography
>   support/testing: use TestPythonPackageBase for python-incremental
>   support/testing: use TestPythonPackageBase for python-twisted
>   support/testing: use TestPythonPackageBase for python-txaio
>   support/testing: use TestPythonPackageBase for python-txtorcon
>   support/testing: rename python* test cases

I was about to apply this patch series, but the logic in PATCH 04/12 to
call the TestPythonBase constructor from a class that isn't a child
class of TestPythonBase really looked awkward.

So I google a bit for people having the same issue, i.e defining a base
class for unit tests, but wanting this base class to be ignored.

This answer looks particular useful:

  https://stackoverflow.com/a/25695512/643208

Alternatively this one, which looks less nice to me:

  https://stackoverflow.com/a/22836015/643208

Also, the first answer points to an article that describe potential
issues when using multiple inheritance like we're doing:
https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/201210/multiple_inheritance_is_hard.html.

What do you think about this ?

Best regards,

Thomas
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