Standardize on test.test_support.run_unittest() (as opposed to a mix of run_unittest() and run_suite()). Also, add functionality to run_unittest() that admits usage of unittest.TestLoader.loadTestsFromModule().

Doc/lib/libtest.tex

@@ -196,7 +196,9 @@ regression tests.
 This module defines the following exceptions:
 
 \begin{excdesc}{TestFailed}
-Exception to be raised when a test fails.
+Exception to be raised when a test fails. This is deprecated in favor
+of \module{unittest}-based tests and \class{unittest.TestCase}'s
+assertion methods.
 \end{excdesc}
 
 \begin{excdesc}{TestSkipped}
@@ -273,14 +275,18 @@ filter settings.
 Execute \class{unittest.TestCase} subclasses passed to the function.
 The function scans the classes for methods starting with the prefix
 \samp{test_} and executes the tests individually.
-This is the preferred way to execute tests.
-\end{funcdesc}
 
-\begin{funcdesc}{run_suite}{suite\optional{, testclass}}
-Execute the \class{unittest.TestSuite} instance \var{suite}.
-The optional argument \var{testclass} accepts one of the test classes in the
-suite so as to print out more detailed information on where the testing suite
-originated from.
+It is also legal to pass strings as parameters; these should be keys in
+\code{sys.modules}. Each associated module will be scanned by
+\code{unittest.TestLoader.loadTestsFromModule()}. This is usually seen in
+the following \function{test_main()} function:
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+def test_main():
+    test_support.run_unittest(__name__)
+\end{verbatim}
+
+This will run all tests defined in the named module.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 The \module{test.test_support} module defines the following classes:

Lib/test/README

@@ -40,18 +40,22 @@ Java implementation of Beck's original SmallTalk test framework.  Please
 see the documentation of the unittest_ module for detailed information on
 the interface and general guidelines on writing unittest-based tests.
 
-The test_support helper module provides two functions for use by
-unittest-based tests in the Python regression testing framework:
+The test_support helper module provides a function for use by
+unittest-based tests in the Python regression testing framework,
+``run_unittest()``. This is the primary way of running tests in the
+standard library. You can pass it any number of the following:
 
-- ``run_unittest()`` takes a number of ``unittest.TestCase`` derived classes as
-  parameters and runs the tests defined in those classes.
-   
-- ``run_suite()`` takes a populated ``TestSuite`` instance and runs the
-  tests.
-   
-``run_suite()`` is preferred because unittest files typically grow multiple
-test classes, and you might as well be prepared.
+- classes derived from or instances of ``unittest.TestCase`` or
+  ``unittest.TestSuite``. These will be handed off to unittest for
+  converting into a proper TestSuite instance.
 
+- a string; this must be a key in sys.modules. The module associated with
+  that string will be scanned by ``unittest.TestLoader.loadTestsFromModule``.
+  This is usually seen as ``test_support.run_unittest(__name__)`` in a test
+  module's ``test_main()`` function. This has the advantage of picking up
+  new tests automatically, without you having to add each new test case
+  manually.
+   
 All test methods in the Python regression framework have names that
 start with "``test_``" and use lower-case names with words separated with
 underscores.
@@ -96,11 +100,7 @@ looks like this (with minor variations)::
     ...etc...
 
     def test_main():
-        suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-        suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(MyTestCase1))
-        suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(MyTestCase2))
-        ...add more suites...
-        test_support.run_suite(suite)
+        test_support.run_unittest(__name__)
 
     if __name__ == "__main__":
         test_main()

Lib/test/test_base64.py

@@ -183,16 +183,8 @@ class BaseXYTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
 
 
 
-def suite():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(LegacyBase64TestCase))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(BaseXYTestCase))
-    return suite
-
-
 def test_main():
-    test_support.run_suite(suite())
-
+    test_support.run_unittest(__name__)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    unittest.main(defaultTest='suite')
+    test_main()

Lib/test/test_bsddb3.py

@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ Run all test cases.
 """
 import sys
 import unittest
-from test.test_support import requires, verbose, run_suite, unlink
+from test.test_support import requires, verbose, run_unittest, unlink
 
 # When running as a script instead of within the regrtest framework, skip the
 # requires test, since it's obvious we want to run them.
-if __name__ <> '__main__':
+if __name__ != '__main__':
     requires('bsddb')
 
 verbose = False
@@ -58,9 +58,7 @@ def suite():
 
 # For invocation through regrtest
 def test_main():
-    tests = suite()
-    run_suite(tests)
-
+    run_unittest(suite())
 
 # For invocation as a script
 if __name__ == '__main__':
@@ -73,4 +71,4 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     print 'python version:        %s' % sys.version
     print '-=' * 38
 
-    unittest.main(defaultTest='suite')
+    test_main()

Lib/test/test_codecencodings_cn.py

@@ -51,11 +51,7 @@ class Test_GB18030(test_multibytecodec_support.TestBase, unittest.TestCase):
     has_iso10646 = True
 
 def test_main():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(Test_GB2312))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(Test_GBK))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(Test_GB18030))
-    test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test_support.run_unittest(__name__)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()

Lib/test/test_codecencodings_hk.py

@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@ class Test_Big5HKSCS(test_multibytecodec_support.TestBase, unittest.TestCase):
     )
 
 def test_main():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(Test_Big5HKSCS))
-    test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test_support.run_unittest(__name__)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()

Lib/test/test_codecencodings_jp.py

@@ -99,13 +99,7 @@ class Test_SJISX0213(test_multibytecodec_support.TestBase, unittest.TestCase):
     )
 
 def test_main():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(Test_CP932))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(Test_EUC_JISX0213))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(Test_EUC_JP_COMPAT))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(Test_SJIS_COMPAT))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(Test_SJISX0213))
-    test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test_support.run_unittest(__name__)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()

Lib/test/test_codecencodings_kr.py

@@ -45,11 +45,7 @@ class Test_JOHAB(test_multibytecodec_support.TestBase, unittest.TestCase):
     )
 
 def test_main():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(Test_CP949))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(Test_EUCKR))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(Test_JOHAB))
-    test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test_support.run_unittest(__name__)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()

Lib/test/test_codecencodings_tw.py

@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@ class Test_Big5(test_multibytecodec_support.TestBase, unittest.TestCase):
     )
 
 def test_main():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(Test_Big5))
-    test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test_support.run_unittest(__name__)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()

Lib/test/test_codecmaps_cn.py

@@ -20,10 +20,7 @@ class TestGBKMap(test_multibytecodec_support.TestBase_Mapping,
                  'MICSFT/WINDOWS/CP936.TXT'
 
 def test_main():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(TestGB2312Map))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(TestGBKMap))
-    test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test_support.run_unittest(__name__)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()

Lib/test/test_codecmaps_hk.py

@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@ class TestBig5HKSCSMap(test_multibytecodec_support.TestBase_Mapping,
     mapfileurl = 'http://people.freebsd.org/~perky/i18n/BIG5HKSCS.TXT'
 
 def test_main():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(TestBig5HKSCSMap))
-    test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test_support.run_unittest(__name__)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()

Lib/test/test_codecmaps_jp.py

@@ -61,13 +61,7 @@ class TestSJISX0213Map(test_multibytecodec_support.TestBase_Mapping,
 
 
 def test_main():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(TestCP932Map))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(TestEUCJPCOMPATMap))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(TestSJISCOMPATMap))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(TestEUCJISX0213Map))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(TestSJISX0213Map))
-    test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test_support.run_unittest(__name__)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()

Lib/test/test_codecmaps_kr.py

@@ -34,11 +34,7 @@ class TestJOHABMap(test_multibytecodec_support.TestBase_Mapping,
     pass_dectest = [('\\', u'\u20a9')]
 
 def test_main():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(TestCP949Map))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(TestEUCKRMap))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(TestJOHABMap))
-    test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test_support.run_unittest(__name__)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()

Lib/test/test_codecmaps_tw.py

@@ -25,10 +25,7 @@ class TestCP950Map(test_multibytecodec_support.TestBase_Mapping,
     ]
 
 def test_main():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(TestBIG5Map))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(TestCP950Map))
-    test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test_support.run_unittest(__name__)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()

Lib/test/test_contextlib.py

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import tempfile
 import unittest
 import threading
 from contextlib import *  # Tests __all__
-from test.test_support import run_suite
+from test import test_support
 
 class ContextManagerTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
 
@@ -332,9 +332,7 @@ class LockContextTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
 
 # This is needed to make the test actually run under regrtest.py!
 def test_main():
-    run_suite(
-        unittest.defaultTestLoader.loadTestsFromModule(sys.modules[__name__])
-    )
+    test_support.run_unittest(__name__)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()

Lib/test/test_ctypes.py

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import unittest
 
-from test.test_support import run_suite
+from test.test_support import run_unittest
 import ctypes.test
 
 def test_main():
     skipped, testcases = ctypes.test.get_tests(ctypes.test, "test_*.py", verbosity=0)
     suites = [unittest.makeSuite(t) for t in testcases]
-    run_suite(unittest.TestSuite(suites))
+    run_unittest(unittest.TestSuite(suites))
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()

Lib/test/test_datetime.py

@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class TestTZInfo(unittest.TestCase):
 # Base clase for testing a particular aspect of timedelta, time, date and
 # datetime comparisons.
 
-class HarmlessMixedComparison(unittest.TestCase):
+class HarmlessMixedComparison:
     # Test that __eq__ and __ne__ don't complain for mixed-type comparisons.
 
     # Subclasses must define 'theclass', and theclass(1, 1, 1) must be a
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ class HarmlessMixedComparison(unittest.TestCase):
 #############################################################################
 # timedelta tests
 
-class TestTimeDelta(HarmlessMixedComparison):
+class TestTimeDelta(HarmlessMixedComparison, unittest.TestCase):
 
     theclass = timedelta
 
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ class TestDateOnly(unittest.TestCase):
 class SubclassDate(date):
     sub_var = 1
 
-class TestDate(HarmlessMixedComparison):
+class TestDate(HarmlessMixedComparison, unittest.TestCase):
     # Tests here should pass for both dates and datetimes, except for a
     # few tests that TestDateTime overrides.
 
@@ -1596,7 +1596,7 @@ class TestDateTime(TestDate):
 class SubclassTime(time):
     sub_var = 1
 
-class TestTime(HarmlessMixedComparison):
+class TestTime(HarmlessMixedComparison, unittest.TestCase):
 
     theclass = time
 
@@ -1879,7 +1879,7 @@ class TestTime(HarmlessMixedComparison):
 # A mixin for classes with a tzinfo= argument.  Subclasses must define
 # theclass as a class atribute, and theclass(1, 1, 1, tzinfo=whatever)
 # must be legit (which is true for time and datetime).
-class TZInfoBase(unittest.TestCase):
+class TZInfoBase:
 
     def test_argument_passing(self):
         cls = self.theclass
@@ -2039,7 +2039,7 @@ class TZInfoBase(unittest.TestCase):
 
 
 # Testing time objects with a non-None tzinfo.
-class TestTimeTZ(TestTime, TZInfoBase):
+class TestTimeTZ(TestTime, TZInfoBase, unittest.TestCase):
     theclass = time
 
     def test_empty(self):
@@ -2287,7 +2287,7 @@ class TestTimeTZ(TestTime, TZInfoBase):
 
 # Testing datetime objects with a non-None tzinfo.
 
-class TestDateTimeTZ(TestDateTime, TZInfoBase):
+class TestDateTimeTZ(TestDateTime, TZInfoBase, unittest.TestCase):
     theclass = datetime
 
     def test_trivial(self):
@@ -3248,31 +3248,13 @@ class Oddballs(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(as_datetime, datetime_sc)
         self.assertEqual(datetime_sc, as_datetime)
 
-def test_suite():
-    allsuites = [unittest.makeSuite(klass, 'test')
-                 for klass in (TestModule,
-                               TestTZInfo,
-                               TestTimeDelta,
-                               TestDateOnly,
-                               TestDate,
-                               TestDateTime,
-                               TestTime,
-                               TestTimeTZ,
-                               TestDateTimeTZ,
-                               TestTimezoneConversions,
-                               Oddballs,
-                              )
-                ]
-    return unittest.TestSuite(allsuites)
-
 def test_main():
     import gc
     import sys
 
-    thesuite = test_suite()
     lastrc = None
     while True:
-        test_support.run_suite(thesuite)
+        test_support.run_unittest(__name__)
         if 1:       # change to 0, under a debug build, for some leak detection
             break
         gc.collect()

Lib/test/test_email.py

@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 import unittest
 # The specific tests now live in Lib/email/test
 from email.test.test_email import suite
-from test.test_support import run_suite
+from test import test_support
 
 def test_main():
-    run_suite(suite())
+    test_support.run_unittest(suite())
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     test_main()

Lib/test/test_email_codecs.py

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from test import test_support
 def test_main():
     suite = test_email_codecs.suite()
     suite.addTest(test_email_codecs_renamed.suite())
-    test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test_support.run_unittest(suite)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     test_main()

Lib/test/test_email_renamed.py

@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 import unittest
 # The specific tests now live in Lib/email/test
 from email.test.test_email_renamed import suite
-from test.test_support import run_suite
+from test import test_support
 
 def test_main():
-    run_suite(suite())
+    test_support.run_unittest(suite())
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     test_main()

Lib/test/test_gettext.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import shutil
 import gettext
 import unittest
 
-from test.test_support import run_suite
+from test import test_support
 
 
 # TODO:
@@ -336,19 +336,8 @@ class WeirdMetadataTest(GettextBaseTest):
            'John Doe <jdoe@example.com>\nJane Foobar <jfoobar@example.com>')
 
 
-def suite():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(GettextTestCase1))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(GettextTestCase2))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(PluralFormsTestCase))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(UnicodeTranslationsTest))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(WeirdMetadataTest))
-    return suite
-
-
 def test_main():
-    run_suite(suite())
-
+    test_support.run_unittest(__name__)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     test_main()

Lib/test/test_multibytecodec.py

@@ -219,13 +219,7 @@ class Test_ISO2022(unittest.TestCase):
             myunichr(x).encode('iso_2022_jp', 'ignore')
 
 def test_main():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(Test_MultibyteCodec))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(Test_IncrementalEncoder))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(Test_IncrementalDecoder))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(Test_StreamWriter))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(Test_ISO2022))
-    test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test_support.run_unittest(__name__)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()

Lib/test/test_optparse.py

@@ -1631,18 +1631,8 @@ class TestParseNumber(BaseTest):
                              "option -l: invalid long integer value: '0x12x'")
 
 
-def _testclasses():
-    mod = sys.modules[__name__]
-    return [getattr(mod, name) for name in dir(mod) if name.startswith('Test')]
-
-def suite():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    for testclass in _testclasses():
-        suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(testclass))
-    return suite
-
 def test_main():
-    test_support.run_suite(suite())
+    test_support.run_unittest(__name__)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    unittest.main()
+    test_main()

Lib/test/test_robotparser.py

@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ bad = [] # Bug report says "/" should be denied, but that is not in the RFC
 RobotTest(7, doc, good, bad)
 
 def test_main():
-    test_support.run_suite(tests)
+    test_support.run_unittest(tests)
 
 if __name__=='__main__':
     test_support.Verbose = 1
-    test_support.run_suite(tests)
+    test_main()

Lib/test/test_support.py

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import errno
 import socket
 import sys
 import warnings
+import types
 
 class Error(Exception):
     """Base class for regression test exceptions."""
@@ -519,7 +520,7 @@ class BasicTestRunner:
         return result
 
 
-def run_suite(suite, testclass=None):
+def _run_suite(suite):
     """Run tests from a unittest.TestSuite-derived class."""
     if verbose:
         runner = unittest.TextTestRunner(sys.stdout, verbosity=2)
@@ -533,28 +534,26 @@ def run_suite(suite, testclass=None):
         elif len(result.failures) == 1 and not result.errors:
             err = result.failures[0][1]
         else:
-            if testclass is None:
-                msg = "errors occurred; run in verbose mode for details"
-            else:
-                msg = "errors occurred in %s.%s" \
-                      % (testclass.__module__, testclass.__name__)
+            msg = "errors occurred; run in verbose mode for details"
             raise TestFailed(msg)
         raise TestFailed(err)
 
 
 def run_unittest(*classes):
     """Run tests from unittest.TestCase-derived classes."""
+    valid_types = (unittest.TestSuite, unittest.TestCase)
     suite = unittest.TestSuite()
     for cls in classes:
-        if isinstance(cls, (unittest.TestSuite, unittest.TestCase)):
+        if isinstance(cls, str):
+            if cls in sys.modules:
+                suite.addTest(unittest.findTestCases(sys.modules[cls]))
+            else:
+                raise ValueError("str arguments must be keys in sys.modules")
+        elif isinstance(cls, valid_types):
             suite.addTest(cls)
         else:
             suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(cls))
-    if len(classes)==1:
-        testclass = classes[0]
-    else:
-        testclass = None
-    run_suite(suite, testclass)
+    _run_suite(suite)
 
 
 #=======================================================================

Lib/test/test_threading_local.py

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def test_main():
                                    setUp=setUp, tearDown=tearDown)
                       )
 
-    test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test_support.run_unittest(suite)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     test_main()

Lib/test/test_unicode.py

@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ class UnicodeTest(
 
 
 def test_main():
-    test_support.run_unittest(UnicodeTest)
+    test_support.run_unittest(__name__)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()

Lib/test/test_unicode_file.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import os, glob, time, shutil
 import unicodedata
 
 import unittest
-from test.test_support import run_suite, TestSkipped, TESTFN_UNICODE
+from test.test_support import run_unittest, TestSkipped, TESTFN_UNICODE
 from test.test_support import TESTFN_ENCODING, TESTFN_UNICODE_UNENCODEABLE
 try:
     TESTFN_ENCODED = TESTFN_UNICODE.encode(TESTFN_ENCODING)
@@ -205,9 +205,7 @@ class TestUnicodeFiles(unittest.TestCase):
                                False)
 
 def test_main():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(TestUnicodeFiles))
-    run_suite(suite)
+    run_unittest(__name__)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()

Lib/test/test_wsgiref.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from __future__ import nested_scopes    # Backward compat for 2.1
-from unittest import TestSuite, TestCase, makeSuite
+from unittest import TestCase
 from wsgiref.util import setup_testing_defaults
 from wsgiref.headers import Headers
 from wsgiref.handlers import BaseHandler, BaseCGIHandler
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from StringIO import StringIO
 from SocketServer import BaseServer
 import re, sys
 
+from test import test_support
 
 class MockServer(WSGIServer):
     """Non-socket HTTP server"""
@@ -575,11 +576,7 @@ class HandlerTests(TestCase):
 # This epilogue is needed for compatibility with the Python 2.5 regrtest module
 
 def test_main():
-    import unittest
-    from test.test_support import run_suite
-    run_suite(
-        unittest.defaultTestLoader.loadTestsFromModule(sys.modules[__name__])
-    )
+    test_support.run_unittest(__name__)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()