[issue36612] Unittest document is not clear on SetUpClass calls

Cheryl Sabella added the comment: @xtreak or @lisroach, any thoughts? Thanks! -- nosy: +cheryl.sabella, lisroach, xtreak ___ Python tracker ___

[issue36612] Unittest document is not clear on SetUpClass calls

SilentGhost added the comment: Normal inheritance rules apply to TestCase and its subclasses, as can be demonstrated by a trivial example. -- nosy: +SilentGhost versions: +Python 3.7, Python 3.8 -Python 3.9 ___ Python tracker

[issue36612] Unittest document is not clear on SetUpClass calls

Change by Vratko Polak : -- keywords: +patch pull_requests: +12725 stage: -> patch review ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue36612] Unittest document is not clear on SetUpClass calls

New submission from Vratko Polak : One particular paragraph from unittest.rst is not clear enough: "If you want the setUpClass and tearDownClass on base classes called then you must call up to them yourself. The implementations in TestCase are empty." It has sparkled a debate here [0].