[New-bugs-announce] [issue7893] unittest: have to subclass TextTestRunner to use alternative TestResult

[Michael Foord]

New submission from Michael Foord <michael at voidspace.org.uk>:

A common way to extend unittest is to implement a custom TestResult. Currently you have to subclass TextTestRunner, overriding _makeResult, to get it to use an alternative result class.

I suggest adding an additional, optional, argument to TextTestRunner to specify an alternative result class (or callable) that will be used by _makeResult. This will permit the use of custom test result objects without having to subclass.

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assignee: michael.foord
components: Extension Modules
keywords: easy
messages: 99129
nosy: michael.foord
severity: normal
stage: needs patch
status: open
title: unittest: have to subclass TextTestRunner to use alternative TestResult
versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.2

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