[New-bugs-announce] [issue27067] Improve curses tests

[Serhiy Storchaka]

New submission from Serhiy Storchaka:

Proposed patch improves curses tests. Main improvements are:

* Tests now run even if sys.stdout is not terminal.
* The screen is not spoiled during tests.
* Reported the name and arguments of failed function.
* Testing optional functionality is extracted in separated tests. They are reported as skipped if optional functions are not available.

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components: Tests
files: test_curses_2.patch
keywords: patch
messages: 265914
nosy: serhiy.storchaka, twouters, zach.ware
priority: normal
severity: normal
stage: patch review
status: open
title: Improve curses tests
type: enhancement
versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.5, Python 3.6
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file42909/test_curses_2.patch

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