It turns out that if my --eventlet-hub=foo command fails to import foo, I don't really want it to just write a warning, I want it to crash hard. Skipped the threading-related tests when using the libevent hub, as well as the multiple readers test, because it fails all of them.

tests/__init__.py

@@ -67,6 +67,14 @@ def requires_twisted(func):
     return skip_unless_requirement(requirement)(func)
     
     
+def skip_with_libevent(func):
+    """ Decorator that skips a test if we're using the libevent hub."""
+    def requirement(_f):
+        from eventlet.api import get_hub
+        return not('libevent' in type(get_hub()).__module__)
+    return skip_unless_requirement(requirement)(func)
+
+
 class TestIsTakingTooLong(Exception):
     """ Custom exception class to be raised when a test's runtime exceeds a limit. """
     pass

tests/eventlet_hub.py

@@ -28,15 +28,11 @@ class EventletHub(Plugin):
         " specified, the default hub for the current configuration is printed "\
         " and used."
         
-        
     def beforeContext(self):
         """Select the desired hub.
         """
         if self.hub_name is None:
             log.warn('using *default* eventlet hub: %s', api.get_hub())
         else:
-            try:
             api.use_hub(self.hub_name)
             log.info('using hub %s', api.get_hub())
-            except ImportError, ex:
-                log.exception('eventlet hub %s not importing', self.hub_name)        

tests/greenio_test.py

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
 # THE SOFTWARE.
 
-from tests import skipped, LimitedTestCase
+from tests import skipped, LimitedTestCase, skip_with_libevent
 from unittest import main
 from eventlet import api, util, coros, proc
 import os
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ class TestGreenIo(LimitedTestCase):
         for bytes in (1000, 10000, 100000, 1000000):
             test_sendall_impl(bytes)
         
+    @skip_with_libevent
     def test_multiple_readers(self):
         # test that we can have multiple coroutines reading
         # from the same fd.  We make no guarantees about which one gets which

tests/tpool_test.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 import random
 from sys import stdout
 import time
-from tests import skipped
+from tests import skipped, skip_with_libevent
 from unittest import TestCase, main
 import uuid
 
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ class TestTpool(TestCase):
         tpool.QUIET = False
         tpool.killall()
 
+    @skip_with_libevent
     def test_a_buncha_stuff(self):
         pool = coros.CoroutinePool(max_size=10)
         waiters = []
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ class TestTpool(TestCase):
         for waiter in waiters:
             waiter.wait()
 
+    @skip_with_libevent
     def test_wrap_tuple(self):
         my_tuple = (1, 2)
         prox = tpool.Proxy(my_tuple)
@@ -85,6 +87,7 @@ class TestTpool(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(prox[1], 2)
         self.assertEqual(len(my_tuple), 2)
 
+    @skip_with_libevent
     def test_wrap_string(self):
         my_object = "whatever"
         prox = tpool.Proxy(my_object)
@@ -92,6 +95,7 @@ class TestTpool(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(len(my_object), len(prox))
         self.assertEqual(my_object.join(['a', 'b']), prox.join(['a', 'b']))
 
+    @skip_with_libevent
     def test_wrap_uniterable(self):
         # here we're treating the exception as just a normal class
         prox = tpool.Proxy(FloatingPointError())
@@ -103,6 +107,7 @@ class TestTpool(TestCase):
         self.assertRaises(IndexError, index)
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, key)
 
+    @skip_with_libevent
     def test_wrap_dict(self):
         my_object = {'a':1}
         prox = tpool.Proxy(my_object)
@@ -112,6 +117,7 @@ class TestTpool(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(repr(my_object), repr(prox))
         self.assertEqual(`my_object`, `prox`)
 
+    @skip_with_libevent
     def test_wrap_module_class(self):
         prox = tpool.Proxy(uuid)
         self.assertEqual(tpool.Proxy, type(prox))
@@ -119,6 +125,7 @@ class TestTpool(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(id.get_version(), uuid.uuid4().get_version())
         self.assert_(repr(prox.uuid4))
 
+    @skip_with_libevent
     def test_wrap_eq(self):
         prox = tpool.Proxy(uuid)
         id1 = prox.uuid4()
@@ -127,6 +134,7 @@ class TestTpool(TestCase):
         id3 = prox.uuid4()
         self.assert_(id1 != id3)
 
+    @skip_with_libevent
     def test_wrap_nonzero(self):
         prox = tpool.Proxy(uuid)
         id1 = prox.uuid4()
@@ -134,6 +142,7 @@ class TestTpool(TestCase):
         prox2 = tpool.Proxy([1, 2, 3])
         self.assert_(bool(prox2))
 
+    @skip_with_libevent
     def test_multiple_wraps(self):
         prox1 = tpool.Proxy(uuid)
         prox2 = tpool.Proxy(uuid)
@@ -142,15 +151,18 @@ class TestTpool(TestCase):
         del x2
         x3 = prox2.uuid4()
 
+    @skip_with_libevent
     def test_wrap_getitem(self):
         prox = tpool.Proxy([0,1,2])
         self.assertEqual(prox[0], 0)
 
+    @skip_with_libevent
     def test_wrap_setitem(self):
         prox = tpool.Proxy([0,1,2])
         prox[1] = 2
         self.assertEqual(prox[1], 2)
 
+    @skip_with_libevent
     def test_raising_exceptions(self):
         prox = tpool.Proxy(uuid)
         def nofunc():
@@ -160,6 +172,7 @@ class TestTpool(TestCase):
     def assertLessThan(self, a, b):
         self.assert_(a < b, "%s is not less than %s" % (a, b))
 
+    @skip_with_libevent
     def test_variable_and_keyword_arguments_with_function_calls(self):
         import optparse
         parser = tpool.Proxy(optparse.OptionParser())
@@ -167,6 +180,7 @@ class TestTpool(TestCase):
         opts,args = parser.parse_args(["-nfoo"])
         self.assertEqual(opts.n, 'foo')
 
+    @skip_with_libevent
     def test_contention(self):
         from tests import tpool_test
         prox = tpool.Proxy(tpool_test)
@@ -179,12 +193,14 @@ class TestTpool(TestCase):
         for waiter in waiters:
             waiter.wait()
 
+    @skip_with_libevent
     def test_timeout(self):
         import time
         api.exc_after(0.1, api.TimeoutError())
         self.assertRaises(api.TimeoutError,
                           tpool.execute, time.sleep, 0.3)
 
+    @skip_with_libevent
     def test_killall(self):
         tpool.killall()
         tpool.setup()