[New-bugs-announce] [issue41046] unittest: make skipTest a classmethod

[James Corbett]

New submission from James Corbett <james.h.corbett at gmail.com>:

The `unittest.TestCase.skipTest` method, used to skip the current test, is currently an instance method. There's nothing to stop it from being a `classmethod` or a `staticmethod` though---it doesn't use its reference to `self` since it's just a wrapper around the `SkipTest` exception. Making it a `classmethod` or `staticmethod` would allow calling the method from `setUpClass`. Here's an example:

```
import unittest

class MyTestCase(unittest.TestCase):

    @classmethod
    def ready_for_tests(cls):
        pass

    @classmethod
    def setUpClass(cls):
        if not cls.ready_for_tests():
            cls.skipTest()
```

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 371914
nosy: jameshcorbett
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: unittest: make skipTest a classmethod
type: enhancement
versions: Python 3.9

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