Correct a comment about testing methods - nowadays most

tests don't run directly on import.
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Georg Brandl 2007-11-09 17:33:23 +00:00
parent 87426cb151
commit 980c4fc04d
1 changed files with 3 additions and 4 deletions

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@ -548,10 +548,9 @@ def runtest_inner(test, generate, verbose, quiet,
abstest = 'test.' + test
the_package = __import__(abstest, globals(), locals(), [])
the_module = getattr(the_package, test)
# Most tests run to completion simply as a side-effect of
# being imported. For the benefit of tests that can't run
# that way (like test_threaded_import), explicitly invoke
# their test_main() function (if it exists).
# Old tests run to completion simply as a side-effect of
# being imported. For tests based on unittest or doctest,
# explicitly invoke their test_main() function (if it exists).
indirect_test = getattr(the_module, "test_main", None)
if indirect_test is not None:
indirect_test()