Terry J. Reedy added the comment: The current test/test_*.py example file in the docs intentionally does not contain test_main. https://docs.python.org/3/library/test.html#writing-unit-tests-for-the-test-package The next section explaining that test.regrtest runs unittest.TestLoader.loadTestsFromModule if test_main does not exist. I believed support.run_unittest.
I never used test_main in test_idle.py, Grep test/test_*.py for 'test_main' or its absence to count others. Or search all issues for 'unittest discovery' for conversions. For instance: #18258 made this change to the five test_codecmaps*.py files. http://bugs.python.org/file30644/test_codecmaps_discovery.diff -def test_main(): - support.run_unittest(__name__) - if __name__ == "__main__": - test_main() + support.use_resources = ['urlfetch'] + unittest.main() This all said, running all tests in a file with two different values of an attribute of the tested module is an exceptional case. Zach, what do you think? ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue21585> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
