[issue17282] document the defaultTest parameter to unittest.main()
New submission from Chris Jerdonek: This issue is to document the defaultTest parameter to unittest.main(): http://docs.python.org/dev/library/unittest.html#unittest.main Note that it is not enough simply to say that *defaultTest* is a "default test name or iterable of test names." The documentation should also say when *defaultTest* is used based on the value of the *module* and *argv* arguments, etc. This issue is an offshoot of issue 15132. ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation keywords: easy messages: 182839 nosy: chris.jerdonek, docs@python, ezio.melotti, michael.foord priority: normal severity: normal stage: needs patch status: open title: document the defaultTest parameter to unittest.main() type: enhancement versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.2, Python 3.3, Python 3.4 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue17282> _______________________________________
Changes by Kyle Roberts <robertskyl@gmail.com>: ---------- keywords: +patch Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file30096/default_test_3.4.patch _______________________________________ Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue17282> _______________________________________
Kyle Roberts added the comment: I've uploaded a patch documenting defaultTest in the latest branch and also in the previous branches. ---------- nosy: +kyle.roberts Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file30097/default_test_2.7-3.3.patch _______________________________________ Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue17282> _______________________________________
Changes by Ezio Melotti <ezio.melotti@gmail.com>: ---------- stage: needs patch -> patch review versions: -Python 3.2 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue17282> _______________________________________
Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 045e7a587f3c by R David Murray in branch '3.3': #17282: Document unittest.main defaultTest argument. http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/045e7a587f3c New changeset 69b5f6924553 by R David Murray in branch '2.7': #17282: Document unittest.main defaultTest argument. http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/69b5f6924553 New changeset 1bbf8c263d3c by R David Murray in branch 'default': Merge and update #17282: Document unittest.main defaultTest argument. http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/1bbf8c263d3c ---------- nosy: +python-dev _______________________________________ Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue17282> _______________________________________
R. David Murray added the comment: Thanks Kyle. I reworded it a bit to clarify the precedence of argv over defaultTest. (Also FYI your patch had stray spaces at the ends of the lines.) ---------- nosy: +r.david.murray resolution: -> fixed stage: patch review -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed _______________________________________ Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue17282> _______________________________________
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