[Zope3-dev] Patching zope.testing

[Jim Fulton]

On Sep 5, 2006, at 1:10 PM, Fred Drake wrote:

> On 9/5/06, Gustavo Niemeyer <gustavo at niemeyer.net> wrote:
>> runner (is anyone else using it?).
>
> We're certainly using the zope.testing framework for internal
> projects; I expect a number of projects would be affected.
>
> In thinking about this, it's not at all clear to me that this is the
> "right" thing to do.  When checking logging output, what's really
> being checked is that a usable log entry is being made at the right
> level.  If what you want is to test an exception, that seems to be a
> distinct test (IMO, of course).

I agree.  zope.testing.loggingsupport is for testing logging, not for  
logging while testing. :)

Jim

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