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diff --git a/Doc/library/unittest.rst b/Doc/library/unittest.rst index 1cb4124..c36ff87 100644 --- a/Doc/library/unittest.rst +++ b/Doc/library/unittest.rst @@ -1168,6 +1168,21 @@ Test cases .. versionadded:: 3.1 + .. attribute:: maxDiff + + This attribute controls the maximum length of diffs output by assert + methods that report diffs on failure. It defaults to 80*8 characters. + Assert methods affected by this attribute are + :meth:`assertSequenceEqual` (including all the sequence comparison + methods that delegate to it), :meth:`assertDictEqual` and + :meth:`assertMultiLineEqual`. + + Setting ``maxDiff`` to None means that there is no maximum length of + diffs. + + .. versionadded:: 3.2 + + Testing frameworks can use the following methods to collect information on the test: @@ -1862,7 +1877,9 @@ then you must call up to them yourself. The implementations in If an exception is raised during a ``setUpClass`` then the tests in the class are not run and the ``tearDownClass`` is not run. Skipped classes will not -have ``setUpClass`` or ``tearDownClass`` run. +have ``setUpClass`` or ``tearDownClass`` run. If the exception is a +``SkipTest`` exception then the class will be reported as having been skipped +instead of as an error. setUpModule and tearDownModule @@ -1877,7 +1894,9 @@ These should be implemented as functions:: closeConnection() If an exception is raised in a ``setUpModule`` then none of the tests in the -module will be run and the ``tearDownModule`` will not be run. +module will be run and the ``tearDownModule`` will not be run. If the exception is a +``SkipTest`` exception then the module will be reported as having been skipped +instead of as an error. Signal Handling |