[Python-Dev] order of unittest.TestCase execution?

[Tim Peters]

[Skip Montanaro]
> I'm trying to write a regression test for dumbdbm (well, officially I'm
> updating the current test, but it's taking a beating).  I'm unclear on
> the order of method execution.  Can I rely on multiple test methods
> to be run in alphabetical order?

You can but you shouldn't <wink>.  You can call run_unittest() more than
once, though!  Stick the thing you want to test first in its own class, and
run that unittest first.