[Buildroot] [PATCH 2/3] testing/tests/package/test_python: refactor to support better code reuse

[Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>]

Hello,

On Thu, 6 Jul 2017 00:09:10 +0200, Arnout Vandecappelle wrote:

> >>> +    def login(self, timeout=5):
> >>>          cpio_file = os.path.join(self.builddir, "images", "rootfs.cpio")
> >>>          self.emulator.boot(arch="armv5",
> >>>                             kernel="builtin",
> >>> -                           options=["-initrd", cpio_file])
> >>> +                           options=["-initrd", cpio_file],
> >>> +                           timeout)
> >>>          self.emulator.login()
> >>> -        cmd = "python --version 2>&1 | grep '^Python 2'"
> >>> -        _, exit_code = self.emulator.run(cmd)
> >>> -        self.assertEqual(exit_code, 0)  
> >>
> >> I'm not a big fan of having a method called .login() also start the
> >> interpreter, it feels a bit weird.
> >>  
> > 
> > I'll split it in the code into custom "boot()" and "login()" in v2,
> > unless you have something else in mind.  
> 
>  I *think* this is a mistake on Thomas's part, that he thought the login()
> function would boot, login and start Python. I.e., he missed the - in front of
> the line. For me at least it's very natural that the login() function does the
> boot + login.

Ah, indeed. My bad. It's perfectly fine for me if a .login() or .boot()
method does both the boot+login.

Sorry for having misread the patch :/

Thomas
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