Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 5/8] iotests: Let skip_if_unsupported() accept a method

[John Snow]

On 8/19/19 4:18 PM, Max Reitz wrote:
> This lets tests use skip_if_unsupported() with a potentially variable
> list of required formats.
> 
> Suggested-by: Kevin Wolf <address@hidden>
> Signed-off-by: Max Reitz <address@hidden>
> ---
>  tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py | 8 ++++++--
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py b/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py
> index 726f904f50..8f315538e9 100644
> --- a/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py
> +++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py
> @@ -893,8 +893,12 @@ def skip_if_unsupported(required_formats=[], 
> read_only=False):
>         Runs the test if all the required formats are whitelisted'''
>      def skip_test_decorator(func):
>          def func_wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
> -            usf_list = list(set(required_formats) -
> -                            set(supported_formats(read_only)))
> +            if callable(required_formats):
> +                fmts = required_formats(args[0])
> +            else:
> +                fmts = required_formats
> +
> +            usf_list = list(set(fmts) - set(supported_formats(read_only)))
>              if usf_list:
>                  args[0].case_skip('{}: formats {} are not 
> whitelisted'.format(
>                      args[0], usf_list))
> 

I am required to inform you that this is in direct violation of the
pythonista treaty of 2007; which mandates that you try to call and fail
instead of attempting to gracefully check ahead of time.

Luckily, I am not fond of such rules.

Reviewed-by: John Snow <address@hidden>