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Reset cache between tests

Author:
peterbe
Posted:
November 11, 2009
Language:
Python
Version:
1.1
Score:
1 (after 1 ratings)

I don't understand why the cache is accumulated between the tests. I thought one of the axioms of unit testing is that the tests should not affect each other.

Couldn't find anything that explains why it's done this way but it seems a bit strange. Anybody know if there's a reason or is this a reason for me to upload a patch to Django code?

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from django.test import TestCase
from django.core.cache import cache
from django.conf import settings

class MyTests(TestCase):
    def tearDown(self):
        assert settings.CACHE_BACKEND == 'locmem:///'
        [cache.delete(key) for key in cache._cache.keys()]

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Comments

sosaucily (on September 12, 2015):

Update for newer versions of Django, use cache.clear()

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