Setup: a chat app that can (obviously) send and receive strings. My test code: 157 # System test. 158 try: 159 import time 160 Thread(target=listen, daemon=True).start() 161 time.sleep(1) 162 Thread(target=say, args=['localhost', 'Test message!@#'], daemon=True).start() 163 time.sleep(1) 164 print('\nSYSTEM TEST PASSED') 165 except Exception as e: 166 print('\nSYSTEM TEST FAILED!') 167 print('Reason: ', e) Despite the prolific sleep(), exceptions in the threads are printed yet not propagated to the main thread so it never 'FAILED'-s. The obvious solution is to implement some inter-thread communication mechanism. What worries me is that would be solely for the tests - the happy path requires it not. And once you go ITC you start needing syncronization and whatnot. Is it wise to add this extra complexity(source or bugs and head-scratching) solely for the purpose of testing? Isn't there a cleaner solution? Continue reading...
