Engine Reload is not functional

[CharliePoole]

NUnit Compatibility Issue

Category: Functionality
Visibility: Users
Resolution: Resolved: We should implement this in one project and then port it to the other.

Description

Since the Console runner never used it, some function was left out of the engines' Reload API, which makes it unusable by the GUI. The GUI instead simply unloads and loads the assemblies. However, this isn't fully satisfactory because information displayed is lost in the process when a new package is created.

[ChrisMaddock]

Did you implement this in the TestCentric engine Charlie, or is it still to do? I'm aware you have an old PR open on the NUnit engine for this.

IMO, this is a TODO for the NUnit Engine, which has been a lower priority due to the lack of active users of this functionality.

[CharliePoole]

Still a TODO for me. I compensated in various ways, but I'd rather use Reload from the engine.

[CharliePoole]

Based on prior discussion, marking this resolved as needing implementation in both projects.

[CharliePoole]

We are no longer trying to maintain NUnit compatibility but the reload functionality may still need some work.

[CharliePoole]

It's actually unclear if this is still a problem so I'm dropping it from the beta5 release for now. We can test further with the GUI when it's using the beta5 engine.