[Python-Dev] Checking in a broken test was: Re: [Python-checkins]r41940 - python/trunk/Lib/test/test_compiler.py

[Neal Norwitz]

On 1/8/06, Fredrik Lundh <fredrik at pythonware.com> wrote:
>
> many test frameworks support "expected failures" for this purpose.
> how hard would it be to add a
>
>     unittest.FailingTestCase
>
> class that runs a TestCase, catches any errors in it, and signals an
> error ("test foo passed unexpectedly") if it runs cleanly ?

http://python.org/sf/1399935