New submission from D. A. Pellegrino <donald.a.pellegr...@gmail.com>:
The unittest documentation makes reference to a potential parallelization feature: "Note that shared fixtures do not play well with [potential] features like test parallelization and they break test isolation. They should be used with care." (https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.html) However, it seems that executing tests in parallel is not yet a feature of unittest. This enhancement request is to add parallel execution of tests to unittest. A command line option may be a good interface. Ideally, it would be compatible with test discovery. Outside of the Python ecosystem, a common practice is to define test cases in a Makefile and then execute GNU Make with the '-j' flag (https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Parallel.html#Parallel). Adding such an option to unittest would be a convenience and may save the effort of bringing in additional libraries or tools for parallel unit test execution. ---------- components: Library (Lib) messages: 349864 nosy: user93448 priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: unittest: execute tests in parallel type: enhancement versions: Python 3.9 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue37873> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
