>>>>> "Fredrik" == Fredrik Lundh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Fredrik> many test frameworks support "expected failures" for this
Fredrik> purpose. how hard would it be to add a
Fredrik> unittest.FailingTestCase
Fredrik> class that runs a TestCase, catches any errors in it, and
Fredrik> signals an error ("test foo passed unexpectedly") if it
Fredrik> runs cleanly ?
One can do even better than that. unittest.FailingTestCase should
(except possibly for platform dependencies) know _how_ the TestCase is
expected to fail. You also want to know if the error changes.
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