Re: RFC: adding pytest as a supported test framework

From: Daniele Varrazzo <daniele(dot)varrazzo(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>
Cc: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Jacob Champion <jacob(dot)champion(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: RFC: adding pytest as a supported test framework
Date: 2024-06-12 17:38:54
Message-ID: CA+mi_8Y=yKbPXDASxq0aYVMRcxp2hZ6ryAGhb26ewEDjw-0m+w@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, 12 Jun 2024 at 19:30, Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se> wrote:

> I might be missing something obvious, but if we use a third-party libpq driver
> in the testsuite doesn't that imply that a patch adding net new functionality
> to libpq also need to add it to the driver in order to write the tests? I'm
> thinking about the SCRAM situation a few years back when drivers weren't up to
> date.

As Jelte pointed out, new libpq functions can be tested via CFFI. I
posted a practical example in a link upthread (pure Python Psycopg is
entirely implemented on FFI).

-- Daniele

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