New subject: cpython (3.3): #16919: test_crypt now works with unittest test discovery. Patch by Zachary

11 Jan 2013

On Fri, 11 Jan 2013 04:20:21 +0100 (CET)
ezio.melotti  wrote:
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diff --git a/Lib/test/test_crypt.py b/Lib/test/test_crypt.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_crypt.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_crypt.py
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 from test import support
 import unittest
-crypt = support.import_module('crypt')
+def setUpModule():
+    # this import will raise unittest.SkipTest if _crypt doesn't exist,
+    # so it has to be done in setUpModule for test discovery to work
+    global crypt
+    crypt = support.import_module('crypt')
Yikes.
Couldn't unittest support SkipTest being raised at import instead?
setUpModule is an ugly way to do this.

Regards

Antoine.

    

Antoine Pitrou