[issue10786] unittest.TextTextRunner does not respect redirected stderr

[Michael Foord]

Michael Foord <michael at voidspace.org.uk> added the comment:

TextTestRunner is initialised with a stream to output messages on that defaults to sys.stderr. The correct way to redirect messages is to construct it with a different stream. 

If you want a redirectable stream then construct the runner with a stream that delegates operations to a 'backend stream' but allows you to redirect it.

Fixing TextTestRunner to dynamically lookup up sys.stderr would not be compatible with systems that redirect sys.stderr but *don't* expect this to prevent test run information from being output.

I suggest closing as wontfix.

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assignee:  -> michael.foord

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