[Python-Dev] PEP: Consolidating names in the unittest module (original) (raw)

Ben Finney ben+python at benfinney.id.au
Wed Jul 16 10:14:37 CEST 2008

"M.-A. Lemburg" <mal at egenix.com> writes:

Since this is a major change in the unit test API, I'd also like to suggest that you use a new module name.

This is both a precaution to prevent tests failing due to not having been upgraded and a way for old code to continue working by adding the old unittest module on sys.path.

Do you have a specific argument against the provisions already stated in the PEP for backward compatibility? They seem to address your concerns already.

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