[New-bugs-announce] [issue7501] python -m unittest path_to_suite_function errors

[Robert Collins]

New submission from Robert Collins <robertc at robertcollins.net>:

:!python -m unittest foo.test_suite  
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/runpy.py", line 122, in _run_module_as_main
    "__main__", fname, loader, pkg_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/runpy.py", line 34, in _run_code
    exec code in run_globals
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/unittest.py", line 875, in <module>
    main(module=None)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/unittest.py", line 816, in __init__
    self.parseArgs(argv)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/unittest.py", line 843, in parseArgs
    self.createTests()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/unittest.py", line 849, in createTests
    self.module)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/unittest.py", line 613, in loadTestsFromNames
    suites = [self.loadTestsFromName(name, module) for name in names]
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/unittest.py", line 605, in loadTestsFromName
    (obj, test))
TypeError: calling <function test_suite at 0x7f748dd6d7d0> returned
<unittest.TestSuite tests=[<foo.TestTask testMethod=test_can_construct>,
<foo.TestTask testMethod=test_can_construct>]>, not a test


where foo.py:
def test_suite():
    loader = unittest.TestLoader()
    tests = loader.loadTestsFromName(__name__)
    result = loader.suiteClass()
    result.addTests(generate_scenarios(tests))
    return result

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 96364
nosy: rbcollins
severity: normal
status: open
title: python -m unittest path_to_suite_function errors
type: crash
versions: Python 2.6, Python 2.7, Python 3.0, Python 3.1, Python 3.2

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