Ticket #12 (Closed: fixed)

This patch adds selecting test cases based on their attributes.

Examples of test function/method attribute usage with patched nose

Simple syntax (-a, --attr) examples:

• nosetests -a status=stable => only test cases with attribute "status" having value "stable"

• nosetests -a priority=2,status=stable => both attributes must match

• nosetests -a tags=http => attribute list "tags" must contain value "http" (see test_foobar() below for definition)

• nosetests -a slow => attribute "slow" must be defined and its value cannot equal to False (False, [], "", etc...)

• nosetests -a !slow => attribute "slow" must NOT be defined or its value must be equal to False

Eval expression syntax (-A, --eval-attr) examples:

• nosetests -A "not slow"
• nosetests -A "(priority > 5) and not slow"

This example and the accompanied patch is in public domain, free for any use.