# Fwd: Reap's rubytest script **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [August 20, 2006, 11:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-reaps-rubytest-script/65728 "2006-08-20T23:13:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2006, 11:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-reaps-rubytest-script/65728/1 "2006-08-20T23:13:36Z")
My ‘rubytest’ program which allows one to directly run tests that are commented in =begin test … =end blocks in source. I’ve thought for a while now that maybe that’s not a good name. But I could never think of a better one. Today I thought that maybe ‘test#’ might be good since ‘#’ seems to be an accepatable file name character on all platforms. What do others think of this? Any other suggestions? Or should I just stick to ‘rubytest’. Thanks, T. ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2006, 11:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-reaps-rubytest-script/65728/2 "2006-08-20T23:21:38Z")
unittest ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2006, 11:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-reaps-rubytest-script/65728/3 "2006-08-20T23:24:12Z")
TRANS wrote: > My ‘rubytest’ program which allows one to directly run tests that are > commented in =begin test … =end blocks in source. I’ve thought for a > while now that maybe that’s not a good name. But I could never think > of a better one. Today I thought that maybe ‘test#’ might be good > since ‘#’ seems to be an accepatable file name character on all > platforms. What do others think of this? Any other suggestions? Or > should I just stick to ‘rubytest’. test/inline? > Thanks, > T. ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2006, 1:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-reaps-rubytest-script/65728/4 "2006-08-21T01:02:52Z")
TRANS wrote: > of a better one. Today I thought that maybe ‘test#’ might be good test# makes me think it’s for testing C#. They name all their stuff like that. ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2006, 1:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-reaps-rubytest-script/65728/5 "2006-08-21T01:05:45Z")
On Aug 20, 2006, at 5:24 PM, Eero S. wrote: > test/inline? The idea’s good, but I would prefer a variant: ‘inline\_test’. Also, please consider ‘intrinsic\_test’ and ‘embedded\_test’ as a candidates. Regards, Morton ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2006, 10:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-reaps-rubytest-script/65728/6 "2006-08-21T22:12:25Z")
TRANS wrote: > My ‘rubytest’ program which allows one to directly run tests that are > commented in =begin test … =end blocks in source. I’ve thought for a > while now that maybe that’s not a good name. But I could never think > of a better one. Today I thought that maybe ‘test#’ might be good > since ‘#’ seems to be an accepatable file name character on all > platforms. What do others think of this? Any other suggestions? Or > should I just stick to ‘rubytest’. Thanks for the suggestions. I noticed a couple of things today. Python comes with a script called ‘unittestgui’. But more interesting Ruby appearently comes with a script ‘testrb’ that runs unit tests. I was hiding on my system because it was named ‘testrb1.8’ and not linked (DEBIAN MAINTAINERS YOU MIGHT WANT TO FIX THIS!) So ideally it would be nice if my comment runner code could just be added to this script. Who maintains the test/unit code these days? Thanks, T.