From c14968f7f3cd55a29e31801e5e56d5525ae796ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brett Cannon Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:03:37 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Blocked revisions 83072 via svnmerge ........ r83072 | brett.cannon | 2010-07-23 12:31:31 +0100 (Fri, 23 Jul 2010) | 5 lines Document the fact that the 'test' package is meant only for use by Python itself and not by others. Closes issue 9255. ........ --- Doc/library/test.rst | 7 +++++++ Misc/NEWS | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/Doc/library/test.rst b/Doc/library/test.rst index 974f71fd40..0b16109860 100644 --- a/Doc/library/test.rst +++ b/Doc/library/test.rst @@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ :synopsis: Regression tests package containing the testing suite for Python. .. sectionauthor:: Brett Cannon +.. note:: + The :mod:`test` package is meant for internal use by Python only. It is + documented for the benefit of the core developers of Python. Any use of + this package outside of Python's standard library is discouraged as code + mentioned here can change or be removed without notice between releases of + Python. + The :mod:`test` package contains all regression tests for Python as well as the modules :mod:`test.support` and :mod:`test.regrtest`. diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS index 7f3f0e1bd7..5c25c6caca 100644 --- a/Misc/NEWS +++ b/Misc/NEWS @@ -369,6 +369,9 @@ Tests Documentation ------------- +- Issue 9255: Document that the 'test' package is meant for interal Python use + only. + - Issue #7829: Document in dis that bytecode is an implementation detail. -- 2.40.0