[issue7588] unittest.TestCase.shortDescription isn't short anymore

Michael Foord added the comment: Fixed revision 78130. -- resolution: -> accepted stage: needs patch -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___

[issue7588] unittest.TestCase.shortDescription isn't short anymore

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[issue7588] unittest.TestCase.shortDescription isn't short anymore

Jean-Paul Calderone added the comment: I agree that changing the result object is a better way to implement this feature: if the results object wants to report things by *name*, not *description*, then it should get the test's *name*, not rely on changing the meaning of the test's description

[issue7588] unittest.TestCase.shortDescription isn't short anymore

Michael Foord added the comment: The problem this fix was trying to fix was that if you provide a docstring for your test then the test name is ommitted in the report. This could be fixed in the _TextTestResult instead - changing the getDescription() method to always include str(test). -

[issue7588] unittest.TestCase.shortDescription isn't short anymore

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[issue7588] unittest.TestCase.shortDescription isn't short anymore

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[issue7588] unittest.TestCase.shortDescription isn't short anymore

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[issue7588] unittest.TestCase.shortDescription isn't short anymore

Brian Curtin added the comment: It looks like this was changed in r70837 -- nosy: +brian.curtin ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs

[issue7588] unittest.TestCase.shortDescription isn't short anymore

Michael Foord added the comment: Personally I agree. I'll see if I can find the change (don't think it was me) and see if there was some kind of rationale. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue7588] unittest.TestCase.shortDescription isn't short anymore

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[issue7588] unittest.TestCase.shortDescription isn't short anymore

New submission from Jean-Paul Calderone : Sometime between Python 2.6 and 2.7a1, the unittest.TestCase.shortDescription method changed from returning just the test method name to the test method name, in parentheses, the fully qualified Python name of the test case. This breaks several Twisted u