unittest: Calling tests in liner number order

[Ben Finney]

Antoon Pardon <apardon at forel.vub.ac.be> writes:

> The answers seemed to be negative. Since I really would like this
> behaviour

I didn't see you explain *why* you think this behaviour is desirable.
You've already had responses that explained why it leaves you open to
more bugs when code only works if tests run in a specific order.

> Are other people interrested in this behaviour?
> Does the following patch has a chance of being introduced in the
> standard python distribution?

No and no. If anything, unit test cases should be run in a completely
*non*-deterministic sequence.

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Ben Finney