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| author | Stefano Rivera <stefano@rivera.za.net> | 2023-04-27 01:28:46 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2023-04-27 01:28:46 (GMT) |
| commit | 76632b836cf81a95301f4eb1fa43682e8d9ffa67 (patch) | |
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gh-62432: unittest runner: Exit code 5 if no tests were run (#102051)
As discussed in https://discuss.python.org/t/unittest-fail-if-zero-tests-were-discovered/21498/7
It is common for test runner misconfiguration to fail to find any tests,
This should be an error.
Fixes: #62432
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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/unittest.rst b/Doc/library/unittest.rst index a7c74cf..c70153d 100644 --- a/Doc/library/unittest.rst +++ b/Doc/library/unittest.rst @@ -2281,7 +2281,8 @@ Loading and running tests The *testRunner* argument can either be a test runner class or an already created instance of it. By default ``main`` calls :func:`sys.exit` with - an exit code indicating success or failure of the tests run. + an exit code indicating success (0) or failure (1) of the tests run. + An exit code of 5 indicates that no tests were run. The *testLoader* argument has to be a :class:`TestLoader` instance, and defaults to :data:`defaultTestLoader`. |