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Re: Unit testing framework suggestions?
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Re: Unit testing framework suggestions?


  • Subject: Re: Unit testing framework suggestions?
  • From: Christian Pekeler <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 11:25:20 -0600

On Sep 26, 2004, at 5:37, Marco Scheurer wrote:
Another difference is of course that by writing the tests in a category, you have access to the internal state of the class (like the ivar tableWindow), and you do not need access methods...

A good suite of unit tests enables refactoring. However, if the tests access internals of the production code, the tests are getting in the way of refactoring (because they would always need to be changed together with the production code). That's why I think ideally unit tests should only test the public/official api, for which categories are not necessary.


Besides, if all unit tests were in the form of categories, how would one test a production code category?


Christian

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