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authorNick Coghlan <ncoghlan@gmail.com>2011-09-19 10:26:31 (GMT)
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Close issue 12958 by flagging expected failures in test_socket on Mac OS X
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@@ -399,12 +399,19 @@ The :mod:`test.support` module defines the following functions:
otherwise.
-.. function:: skip_unless_symlink()
+.. decorator:: skip_unless_symlink()
A decorator for running tests that require support for symbolic links.
-.. function:: run_with_locale(catstr, *locales)
+.. decorator:: anticipate_failure(condition)
+
+ A decorator to conditionally mark tests with
+ :func:`unittest.expectedFailure`. Any use of this decorator should
+ have an associated comment identifying the relevant tracker issue.
+
+
+.. decorator:: run_with_locale(catstr, *locales)
A decorator for running a function in a different locale, correctly
resetting it after it has finished. *catstr* is the locale category as