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authorBenjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>2009-03-30 15:04:16 (GMT)
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@@ -446,12 +446,26 @@ Basic skipping looks like this: ::
def test_nothing(self):
self.fail("shouldn't happen")
+ @unittest.skipIf(mylib.__version__ < (1, 3), "not supported in this library version")
+ def test_format(self):
+ # Tests that work for only a certain version of the library.
+ pass
+
+ @unittest.skipUnless(sys.platform.startswith("win"), "requires Windows")
+ def test_windows_support(self):
+ # windows specific testing code
+ pass
+
This is the output of running the example above in verbose mode: ::
+ test_format (__main__.MyTestCase) ... skipped 'not supported in this library version'
test_nothing (__main__.MyTestCase) ... skipped 'demonstrating skipping'
+ test_windows_support (__main__.MyTestCase) ... skipped 'requires Windows'
----------------------------------------------------------------------
- Ran 1 test in 0.072s
+ Ran 3 tests in 0.005s
+
+ OK (skipped=3)
Classes can be skipped just like methods: ::
@@ -657,13 +671,15 @@ Test cases
To catch any of a group of exceptions, a tuple containing the exception
classes may be passed as *exception*.
- .. versionchanged:: 3.1
+ If *callable* is omitted or None, returns a context manager so that the
+ code under test can be written inline rather than as a function::
- If *callable* is omitted or None, returns a context manager so that the
- code under test can be written inline rather than as a function::
+ with self.failUnlessRaises(some_error_class):
+ do_something()
+
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.1
+ Added the ability to use :meth:`assertRaises` as a context manager.
- with self.failUnlessRaises(some_error_class):
- do_something()
.. method:: failIf(expr[, msg])
assertFalse(expr[, msg])