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authorTim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>2000-08-23 05:28:45 (GMT)
committerTim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>2000-08-23 05:28:45 (GMT)
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Rehabilitate autotest.py.
In README: Write up (Guido's) rules for intra-test imports; warn against asserts; document test_support.use_large_resources.
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-# Backward compatibility -- you should use regrtest instead of this module.
+# This should be equivalent to running regrtest.py from the cmdline.
+# It can be especially handy if you're in an interactive shell, e.g.,
+# from test import autotest.
+
import regrtest
regrtest.main()