Michael Foord added the comment: Test discovery and new options (buffer, failfast etc) were bolted onto an old and ugly design. Yes the code could use an overhaul and rebuilding from scratch - but doing that whilst remaining fully compatible with all the existing usage patterns is "difficult".
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