import unittest class TestParseVars(unittest.TestCase): def test_parse_vars_good(self): from pyramid.scripts.common import parse_vars vars = ['a=1', 'b=2'] result = parse_vars(vars) self.assertEqual(result, {'a': '1', 'b': '2'}) def test_parse_vars_bad(self): from pyramid.scripts.common import parse_vars vars = ['a'] self.assertRaises(ValueError, parse_vars, vars)