import unittest
from test.support import import_module
-# Skip test if _thread or _tkinter wasn't built, if idlelib is missing,
-# or if tcl/tk is not the 8.5+ needed for ttk widgets.
-import_module('threading') # imported by PyShell, imports _thread
+# For 3.6, skip test_idle if threads are not supported.
+import_module('threading') # Imported by PyShell, imports _thread.
+
+# Skip test_idle if _tkinter wasn't built, if tkinter is missing,
+# if tcl/tk is not the 8.5+ needed for ttk widgets,
+# or if idlelib is missing (not installed).
tk = import_module('tkinter') # imports _tkinter
if tk.TkVersion < 8.5:
raise unittest.SkipTest("IDLE requires tk 8.5 or later.")
idlelib = import_module('idlelib')
-# Before test imports, tell IDLE to avoid changing the environment.
+# Before importing and executing more of idlelib,
+# tell IDLE to avoid changing the environment.
idlelib.testing = True
-# unittest.main and test.libregrtest.runtest.runtest_inner
-# call load_tests, when present, to discover tests to run.
+# Unittest.main and test.libregrtest.runtest.runtest_inner
+# call load_tests, when present here, to discover tests to run.
from idlelib.idle_test import load_tests
if __name__ == '__main__':