Issue 7780: unittest: allow an 'import_path' as an alternative to 'top_level_dir' in test discover (original) (raw)

This issue has been migrated to GitHub: https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/52028

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Created on 2010-01-25 22:31 by r.david.murray, last changed 2022-04-11 14:56 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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msg98302 - (view)	Author: R. David Murray (r.david.murray) *	Date: 2010-01-25 22:31
It would be nice if TestLoader.discover could take an argument that specifies the path to use to import the discovered tests, as an alternative to having to specify top_level_dir.
msg98925 - (view)	Author: Michael Foord (michael.foord) *	Date: 2010-02-06 00:31
My suggestion is that test discovery should first try the argument as a directory. If that fails try it as a dotted name by importing it. If the import succeeds discovery can start from the directory containing the imported package. If a module rather than a package is specified as a dotted name argument to test discovery then we can either just run the tests in that module or raise an error?
msg102215 - (view)	Author: Michael Foord (michael.foord) *	Date: 2010-04-03 01:17
Committed revision 79643. Needs test and documentation.
msg105288 - (view)	Author: Michael Foord (michael.foord) *	Date: 2010-05-08 13:20
Test committed revision 80974.
msg105296 - (view)	Author: Michael Foord (michael.foord) *	Date: 2010-05-08 15:12
Documented revision 80980.