[issue8273] move generally useful test_support functions into the unittest package

Changes by R. David Murray : -- title: move test_support into the unittest package -> move generally useful test_support functions into the unittest package ___ Python tracker __

[issue8273] move generally useful test_support functions into the unittest package

Ezio Melotti added the comment: Not the module as it is, but just some of the APIs that it provides, possibly after a cleanup to remove things specific to our test suite and to make them more general and forward-compatible. -- ___ Python tracker <

[issue8273] move generally useful test_support functions into the unittest package

Raymond Hettinger added the comment: If anything gets moved, it needs to be part of a very well thought-out plan with the same high threshold for approval that it would have had if it weren't in test_support. The unittest module already brims with complexity and would suffer quite a bit if a

[issue8273] move generally useful test_support functions into the unittest package

Ezio Melotti added the comment: Also note that the test_support module is for some reason documented here: http://docs.python.org/library/test.html#module-test.test_support This means that there are probably developers out there that are already using these functions even if some of them are n

[issue8273] move generally useful test_support functions into the unittest package

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[issue8273] move generally useful test_support functions into the unittest package

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[issue8273] move generally useful test_support functions into the unittest package

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[issue8273] move generally useful test_support functions into the unittest package

Florent Xicluna added the comment: Issue #9754 proposes to implement assertWarns / assertWarnsRegexp -- dependencies: +assertWarns and assertWarnsRegexp ___ Python tracker ___ __