[issue19950] Document that unittest.TestCase.__init__ is called once per test

[Claudiu.Popa]

New submission from Claudiu.Popa:

I was surprised that in the following __init__ is actually called once per test function, although nothing in documentation implied so.

a.py
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import unittest

class A(unittest.TestCase):
   def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
       print('called only once!')
       super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)

   def test(self):
       self.assertEqual(1, 1)
 
   def test2(self):
       self.assertEqual(2, 2)

if __name__ == '__main__':
   unittest.main()

$ python a.py
called only once!
called only once!
..
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 2 tests in 0.001s

OK



The attached patch adds a note regarding this behaviour for the TestCase class.

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assignee: docs at python
components: Documentation
files: unittest_init.patch
keywords: patch
messages: 205864
nosy: Claudiu.Popa, docs at python, michael.foord
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Document that unittest.TestCase.__init__ is called once per test
type: enhancement
versions: Python 3.4
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file33086/unittest_init.patch

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