Good readable testnames in c#

Question

I read in FsUnit that the following are valid method/classnames in F#:

[<TestFixture>] 
type ``Given a LightBulb that has had its state set to true`` ()=
   let lightBulb = new LightBulb(true)

   [<Test>] member test.
    ``when I ask whether it is On it answers true.`` ()=
       lightBulb.On |> should be True

Is there a way to have method or classnames like this in c#?

Answer 1

No, you cannot have spaces or punctuation in a C# method name. You can do:

[TestMethod]
public void When_Asked_Whether_It_Is_On_It_Answers_True() {}

Answer 2

do as the book say:

public void MethodNameUnderTest_CaseExplained_ExeptedResult()

very readable

Answer 3

My preferred method of naming tests does not include underscores at all.

For example,

[Test]
public void SomeMethodShouldCallServiceManagerWithTheCorrectParameters()

With that said, consistency is key. There is no penalty for having a method name as long as you want it. So if you prefer to separate words with underscores, then go for it.

Ian

Answer 4

Actually, there's a horrendous Unicode hack you can do if you really want your tests to have spaces in them.

Jimmy Bogard explains:

http://www.lostechies.com/blogs/jimmy_bogard/archive/2009/02/16/spaces-in-identifier-names-in-c.aspx

Basically, use a UTF-16 0x200E character as space, hacking your keyboard with AutoHotkey so that you can easily type that character when you need to.

Now the question is, do you really want to do that?