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authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2007-11-09 17:33:23 (GMT)
committerGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2007-11-09 17:33:23 (GMT)
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Correct a comment about testing methods - nowadays most
tests don't run directly on import.
-rwxr-xr-xLib/test/regrtest.py7
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/regrtest.py b/Lib/test/regrtest.py
index 0fa4c61..7973b23 100755
--- a/Lib/test/regrtest.py
+++ b/Lib/test/regrtest.py
@@ -548,10 +548,9 @@ def runtest_inner(test, generate, verbose, quiet,
abstest = 'test.' + test
the_package = __import__(abstest, globals(), locals(), [])
the_module = getattr(the_package, test)
- # Most tests run to completion simply as a side-effect of
- # being imported. For the benefit of tests that can't run
- # that way (like test_threaded_import), explicitly invoke
- # their test_main() function (if it exists).
+ # Old tests run to completion simply as a side-effect of
+ # being imported. For tests based on unittest or doctest,
+ # explicitly invoke their test_main() function (if it exists).
indirect_test = getattr(the_module, "test_main", None)
if indirect_test is not None:
indirect_test()