[Python-Dev] PEP: Consolidating names and classes in the `unittest` module (updated 2008-07-15)

[Terry Reedy]

Ben Finney wrote:
> "Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen at xemacs.org> writes:
> 
>> Terry Reedy writes:
>>
>>  > For the community as a whole, all stdlib modules are suggestions
>>  > and examples, not commands.
>>
>> Well, even if "standard" is too strong a word, the DeprecationWarnings
>> and eventual removal of the methods surely constitute an imposition.
> 
> I understood Terry's statement as meaning that there is no commandment
> to use the standard library 'unittest' module at all. If a user
> doesn't like the behaviour of a module (such as 'unittest') in the
> standard library, they can accept the burden of implementing one that
> behaves the way they like.

I have written the few specialized test functions that I need my current 
project.  I did this after considering (and taking ideas from) py.test. 
  I will also use doctest as a supplement.

I also meant that one who does use something is free to rename it.  I 
commonly import xskjfl as x;-)