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bpo-10548: expectedFailure does not apply to fixtures (GH-23201) (#26044)
(cherry picked from commit 23ae2c3bacc167f7bbfea1846bbbc9dde63a1bfd) Co-authored-by: Irit Katriel <iritkatriel@yahoo.com>
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@@ -597,8 +597,9 @@ The following decorators and exception implement test skipping and expected fail
.. decorator:: expectedFailure
Mark the test as an expected failure or error. If the test fails or errors
- it will be considered a success. If the test passes, it will be considered
- a failure.
+ in the test function itself (rather than in one of the :dfn:`test fixture`
+ methods) then it will be considered a success. If the test passes, it will
+ be considered a failure.
.. exception:: SkipTest(reason)