[New-bugs-announce] [issue16935] unittest should understand SkipTest at import time during test discovery

[Brett Cannon]

New submission from Brett Cannon:

For test discovery to work where a dependent module is optional, you end up needing to do something like what is done in http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/15ddd683c321:

-crypt = support.import_module('crypt')
+def setUpModule():
+    # this import will raise unittest.SkipTest if _crypt doesn't exist,
+    # so it has to be done in setUpModule for test discovery to work
+    global crypt
+    crypt = support.import_module('crypt')

That's kind of ugly. It would be better if unittest recognized SkipTest at import time during test discovery

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assignee: michael.foord
components: Library (Lib)
messages: 179681
nosy: brett.cannon, michael.foord
priority: normal
severity: normal
stage: test needed
status: open
title: unittest should understand SkipTest at import time during test discovery
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.4

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