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reliable unit test logging

Vyacheslav Maslov vmaslov at swsoft.com
Mon Oct 1 06:56:02 EDT 2007 
Hi all!

I have many many many python unit test, which are used for testing some 
remote web service.

The most important issue here is logging of test execution process and 
result. I strongly need following:
1. start/end timestamp for each test case (most important)
2. immediate report about exceptions (stacktrace)
3. it will be nice to use logging module for output

I have investigated some extension for standard unittest module, e.g. 
testoob, nose, etc. They have very nice features but they does not 
satisfy first requirement in my list - test execution logs not doesn't 
contain timestamps.

Can someone explain my why so simple feature like logging of timestamps 
during test execution was not implemented in any extension?

Also i need some advices about how i can implement timestamps logging 
myself. I think proper way is develop customized TextTestRunner and use 
logging module instead of "print"s. Is it right way or there is more simply?
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