[fpc-devel] FPCUnit: change proposal

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

Hi,

We use FPCUnit and DUnit2 (branch of DUnit v1) extensively in the tiOPF 
[http://www.tiopf.com] project. DUnit2 has some impressive enhancements 
added and improved design.

One of the improvements is built-in support of SetupOnce/TeardownOnce 
without the need for Decorators.  Currently we have to add lots of 
IFDEF's in the unit test code to make it compilable with DUnit2 and 
FPCUnit. Though the latter is falling behind on features.

Would there be any objections if I added built-in support for 
SetupOnce/TeardownOnce in FPCUnit (without the need for decorators)?

Some developers don't like the Decorator approach much. Here are some 
comments from them:
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  * I'd do everything possible to stay away from the Decorator (a 
problem looking for a solution)

  * There is no natural linkage between the decorator, the target code 
and shared data. Besides they clutter the treeview.
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Regards,
   - Graeme -


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