[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython: #14533: if a test has no test_main, use loadTestsFromModule.

[Matt Joiner]

On Apr 10, 2012 2:36 AM, "Terry Reedy" <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote:
>
>
> On 4/9/2012 9:13 AM, r.david.murray wrote:
>>
>> http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/eff551437abd
>> changeset:   76176:eff551437abd
>> user:        R David Murray<rdmurray at bitdance.com>
>> date:        Mon Apr 09 08:55:42 2012 -0400
>> summary:
>>   #14533: if a test has no test_main, use loadTestsFromModule.
>>
>> This moves us further in the direction of using normal unittest
facilities
>> instead of specialized regrtest ones.  Any test module that can be
correctly
>> run currently using 'python unittest -m test.test_xxx' can now be
converted to
>> use normal unittest test loading by simply deleting its test_main, thus
no
>> longer requiring manual maintenance of the list of tests to run.
>
> ...
>>
>> +   if __name__ == '__main__':
>> +       unittest.main()
>>
>> -   if __name__ == '__main__':
>> -       test_main()
>
>
> Being on Windows, I sometimes run single tests interactively with
>
> from test import test_xxx as t; t.test_main()
>
> Should t.unittest.main(t.__name__) work as well?
> Should this always work even if there is still a test_main?
Both questions have the same answer. Yes, because this is how discovery
works.
>
> tjr
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