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[Charlie Poole <charlie@xxxxxxxxx>]

If I understand correctly, you use a call to a method listed as the source
of test data. That method actually runs the test, rather than providing the
data for the test. Consequently, the test itself runs when the method
is called at the time of loading the NUnit tests.

Have I understood correctly? I want to be sure before replying further.

Charlie

On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Cliff Burger
<538070@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> We use TestCaseSource translate QUnit javascript tests into Nunit
> results (reading the HTML page loaded via Watin). The consequence of the
> NUnit 2-0 behavior is that all QUnit tests run as soon as you load the
> NUnit framework. There are other scenarios where this would be useful if
> I leverage categories to run on specific data driven tests.
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> Title:
>  Need a way to generate data when test is executed
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Title:
  Need a way to generate data when test is executed

Status in NUnit Test Framework:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  NUnit 2.5.2 and 2.5.3 run every method targeted by TestCaseSource,
  even if the test targeting it is Explicit or the test fixture is
  Explicit.

  The behaviour I expect is: NUnit shouldn't run a test's TestCaseSource
  if the test itself won't be run.

  Detail:

  I have an expensive TestCaseSource generating a few hundred thousand
  permutations and combinations. I've applied Explicit to both the test
  targeting the source and the fixture surrounding both test and source.

  NUnit console spends ten minutes needlessly constructing test cases
  from the TestCaseSource before ignoring them and proceeding with the
  non-Explicit tests.

  If I throw NotImplementedException from the first line of the
  expensive TestCaseSource. NUnit runs the non-Explicit tests
  immediately. If I put a MessageBox.Show call in the first line, I see
  the message box.