On 02/11/2010 23:34, Michael Foord wrote:
On 02/11/2010 23:00, Brett Cannon wrote:
On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 15:47, Raymond Hettinger
<raymond.hettin...@gmail.com>  wrote:
On Nov 1, 2010, at 7:35 PM, Brett Cannon wrote:

I think the issue here is that the file structure of the code no
longer matches the public API documented by unittest. Personally I,
like most people it seems, prefer source files to be structured in a
way to match the public API. In the case of unittest Michael didn't.
He did ask python-dev if it was okay to do what he did, we all kept
quiet, and now we have realized that most of us prefer to have files
that mirror the API; lesson learned. But Python 2.7 shipped with this
file layout so we have to stick with it lest we break any imports out
there that use the package-like file structure Michael went with
(which we could actually document and use if we wanted now that
Michael has already broken things up). Reversing the trend by sticking
all the code into unittest/__init__.py and then sticking import shims
into the existing modules would be a stupid waste of time, especially
considering the head maintainer of the package likes it the way it is.

I'm not sure I follow where we're stuck with the current package.
AFAICT, the module is still used with "import unittest".
Yes, as far as you can tell, but who the hell knows what someone is
doing with code you are *not* aware of. As I said, Python 2.7 shipped
with the code structured like this, so it's possible someone is
importing unittest.case.TestCase instead of unittest.TestCase.


It is also shipped in unittest (and unittest2py3k I might add) so that users of earlier versions of Python can use the new features seamlessly. (unittest2 will be in Django 1.3.)

unittest2 dammit.

Michael

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