bxparks/AUnit

allow temporary disabling of tests using "DISABLED_" prefix?

bxparks opened this issue · 1 comments

bxparks commented

Google Test allows temporarily disabling a test if the name is prefixed with "DISABLED_". I've occasionally found myself wanting this feature while debugging existing unit tests. The current workarounds are:

  • use TestRunner::exclude()
  • use #if 0 / #endif pairs
  • use /* */ comment lines
bxparks commented

Since the 'name' of a test case is used to identify the object instance (e.g. externTest()), I cannot think of a way to implement this without using an indirection layer, i.e. a proxy around an instance of a Test object. But creating an indirection layer seems to be a lot of complexity for not much gain.

Marking as "Not feasible" or "Won't fix".