Is there any way to initialize a TestCase subclass *once* and set up all the necessary stuff I need for all test cases in that subclass ? Let's say I want to test some socket stuff and connect only ONCE (and reuse that socket over and over, leaving it open), how should I proceed? I don't want to open and close the socket with #setUp and #tearDown each and every time so a one-time initialization for the class (and a proper cleanup ) everytime I run the test suite is what I am looking for. Suggestions? Is there any Sunit version/fork/extension that would allow me to do that? Did I miss something obvious and I have exactly what I need in front on me in my class browser right now or we can't do this with what's there now? If it's not there, does anyone think it would be worth we add such a feature ? I volunteer to get it done! tia! ----------------- Benoit St-Jean Yahoo! Messenger: bstjean A standpoint is an intellectual horizon of radius zero. (Albert Einstein)