[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] r42116 - python/branches/release24-maint/Lib/unittest.py (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Fri Jan 20 21:50:16 CET 2006

Right. This definitely is a feature, not a bug.

On 1/20/06, Thomas Wouters <thomas at xs4all.net> wrote:

On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 06:55:03PM +0100, georg.brandl wrote: > Author: georg.brandl > Date: Fri Jan 20 18:55:02 2006 > New Revision: 42116 > > Modified: > python/branches/release24-maint/Lib/unittest.py > Log: > Patch #1388073: Make unittest.TestCase easier to subclass

I don't believe this belongs in 2.4, since it can, actually, break code. Code that depends on the current situation, TestCase_attributename. Fragile code, to be sure, but still. If there were a compelling reason to backport, I guess it could be hacked to work right-ish, but subclassing TestCase in this way, while convenient, isn't important enough to warrant this (IMHO). -- Thomas Wouters <thomas at xs4all.net> Hi! I'm a .signature virus! copy me into your .signature file to help me spread!

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