[Python-checkins] cpython: Disabling a test that fails on some bots. Will investigate the failure soon

[Nick Coghlan]

On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 2:09 AM, eli.bendersky
<python-checkins at python.org> wrote:
> diff --git a/Lib/test/test_xml_etree_c.py b/Lib/test/test_xml_etree_c.py
> --- a/Lib/test/test_xml_etree_c.py
> +++ b/Lib/test/test_xml_etree_c.py
> @@ -53,8 +53,8 @@
>         # actual class. In the Python version it's a class.
>         self.assertNotIsInstance(cET.Element, type)
>
> -    def test_correct_import_cET_alias(self):
> -        self.assertNotIsInstance(cET_alias.Element, type)
> +    #def test_correct_import_cET_alias(self):
> +        #self.assertNotIsInstance(cET_alias.Element, type)

While this one was fixed quickly, *please* don't comment tests out
without some kind of explanation in the code (not just in the checkin
message).

Even better is to use the expected_failure() decorator or the skip() decorator.

Cheers,
Nick.

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