[ python-Bugs-878275 ] Handle: class MyTest(unittest.TestSuite)

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Bugs item #878275, was opened at 2004-01-16 15:22
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Category: Python Library
Group: Python 2.3
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 6
Submitted By: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger)
Assigned to: Steve Purcell (purcell)
Summary: Handle: class MyTest(unittest.TestSuite)

Initial Comment:
TestCases are supposed to be derived from 
unittest.TestCase; however, if they are derived from 
unittest.TestSuite, the traceback is inexplicable and 
hard to diagnose:


Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:/pydev/tmp.py", line 10, in -toplevel-
    unittest.TextTestRunner(verbosity=2).run(suite)
  File "C:\PY24\lib\unittest.py", line 690, in run
    test(result)
  File "C:\PY24\lib\unittest.py", line 423, in __call__
    test(result)
  File "C:\PY24\lib\unittest.py", line 423, in __call__
    test(result)
  File "C:\PY24\lib\unittest.py", line 423, in __call__
    test(result)
TypeError: 'str' object is not callable

Let's either improve the error message or make it 
possible to derive from TestSuite.

The above traceback is produced by the following script:

import unittest

class TestStats(unittest.TestSuite):

    def testtwo(self):
        self.assertEqual(2,2)

suite = unittest.TestSuite()
suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(TestStats))
unittest.TextTestRunner(verbosity=2).run(suite)

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>Comment By: Johannes Gijsbers (jlgijsbers)
Date: 2004-11-07 16:53

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Well, the error message above has been fixed, but here's
another equally confusing variant:

import unittest

class TestStats(unittest.TestSuite):
    def testtwo(self):
        self.assertEqual(2,2)

suite = unittest.TestSuite([TestStats])
unittest.TextTestRunner(verbosity=2).run(suite)

giving:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "test-foo.py", line 8, in ?
    unittest.TextTestRunner(verbosity=2).run(suite)
  File "/home/johannes/python/Lib/unittest.py", line 695, in run
    test(result)
  File "/home/johannes/python/Lib/unittest.py", line 426, in
__call__
    test(result)
  File "/home/johannes/python/Lib/unittest.py", line 396, in
__init__
    self.addTests(tests)
  File "/home/johannes/python/Lib/unittest.py", line 416, in
addTests
    for test in tests:
TypeError: iteration over non-sequence

so I'm leaving this open.

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Comment By: Irmen de Jong (irmen)
Date: 2004-11-07 14:39

Message:
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patch is at #1061904

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