[TIP] @unittest.expectedFailure

[Chris Withers]

Benjamin Peterson wrote:
> 2010/2/21 Chris Withers <chris at simplistix.co.uk>:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Does a @unittest.expectedFailure'd test count as a skip if it fails?
>> What if it doesn't fail?
> 
> It's called an expected failure not a skip, but it's basically the
> same thing if it fails. An unexpected success occurs if the test
> works.

An what happens when an unexpected success occurs?

>> Asked differently: how can I find out, when running tests, how many
>> expectedFailure's tests there were, how many actually failed, and how many
>> didn't?
> 
> Programmatically or on command line?

Both :-)

cheers,

Chrs

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