From: Georg Brandl <georg@python.org>
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 17:33:23 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Correct a comment about testing methods - nowadays most
X-Git-Tag: v2.6a1~1074
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=980c4fc04d82e650810a3111eea5c5b32f5883a6;p=python

Correct a comment about testing methods - nowadays most
tests don't run directly on import.
---

diff --git a/Lib/test/regrtest.py b/Lib/test/regrtest.py
index 0fa4c61b4c..7973b23590 100755
--- a/Lib/test/regrtest.py
+++ b/Lib/test/regrtest.py
@@ -548,10 +548,9 @@ def runtest_inner(test, generate, verbose, quiet,
                 abstest = 'test.' + test
             the_package = __import__(abstest, globals(), locals(), [])
             the_module = getattr(the_package, test)
-            # Most tests run to completion simply as a side-effect of
-            # being imported.  For the benefit of tests that can't run
-            # that way (like test_threaded_import), explicitly invoke
-            # their test_main() function (if it exists).
+            # Old tests run to completion simply as a side-effect of
+            # being imported.  For tests based on unittest or doctest,
+            # explicitly invoke their test_main() function (if it exists).
             indirect_test = getattr(the_module, "test_main", None)
             if indirect_test is not None:
                 indirect_test()