I like the ability to shuffle the test order, but I think this should be a
preference and that you should be able to re-run the same exact test
sequence.
I can't give you a crisp reason, but my gut tells me that you will want a
way to re-run the same test sequence when things go strange.

-david

On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 11:12 AM, Brent Pinkney <brent at zamail.co.za> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I would like to propose an enhancement to SUnit:
>
> Currently the order in which TestCase #test... methods are executed by
> TestSuite is fixed.
> This can cause dependencies to creep in if
>        a) the TestCase class uses a TestResource and
>        b) one #test.. method alters an aspect of the TestResource that
> another #test... assumes is invariant.
>
> By adding #shuffle to TestSuite >> run:, it is more likely that this
> corruption is exposed.
>
> viz.
>        TestSuite >> run: aResult
>                self tests shuffled do:
>                        [ :each |
>                        self changed: each.
>                        each run: aResult ]
>        !
>
> Please comment and I will submit a fix.
> PS. Who maintains SUnit ?
>
> Brent
>
>
> --
> Brent
>
>
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