Running nosetests -s
for
class TestTemp():
def __init__(self):
print \'__init__\'
self.even = 0
def setup(self):
While __init__
may work as a replacement for setUp
, you should stick to setUp
because it is part of the stylized protocol for writing tests. It also has a counterpart, tearDown
, which __init__
does not, as well as class- and module-level counterparts which __init__
does not.
Writing test classes is different than writing normal classes, so you should stick to the style used to write test classes.
Yes, you are supposed to create a clean slate for the tests, and keep your individual tests isolated.
It appears the test instances (one per test) are created in one batch, while setup
is called right before each test. If your setup needs to reset external state, you'll need to do this in setup
; if you were to do this in __init__
individual tests can screw up that external state for the rest of the test run.