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  r74779 | michael.foord | 2009-09-13 11:13:36 -0500 (Sun, 13 Sep 2009) | 1 line

  Change to tutorial wording for reading text / binary files on Windows. Issue #6301.
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  r74780 | michael.foord | 2009-09-13 11:40:02 -0500 (Sun, 13 Sep 2009) | 1 line

  Objects that compare equal automatically pass or fail assertAlmostEqual and assertNotAlmostEqual tests on unittest.TestCase. Issue 6567.
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  r74781 | michael.foord | 2009-09-13 11:46:19 -0500 (Sun, 13 Sep 2009) | 1 line

  Note that sys._getframe is not guaranteed to exist in all implementations of Python, and a corresponding note in inspect.currentframe. Issue 6712.
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  r74782 | michael.foord | 2009-09-13 12:07:46 -0500 (Sun, 13 Sep 2009) | 1 line

  Tutorial tweaks. Issue 6849.
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  r74783 | michael.foord | 2009-09-13 12:28:35 -0500 (Sun, 13 Sep 2009) | 1 line

  unittest.TestLoader.loadTestsFromName honors the loader suiteClass attribute. Issue 6866.
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  r74784 | georg.brandl | 2009-09-13 13:15:07 -0500 (Sun, 13 Sep 2009) | 1 line

  Typo fix.
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  r74785 | michael.foord | 2009-09-13 14:07:03 -0500 (Sun, 13 Sep 2009) | 1 line

  Test discovery in unittest will only attempt to import modules that are importable; i.e. their names are valid Python identifiers. If an import fails during discovery this will be recorded as an error and test discovery will continue. Issue 6568.
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  r74786 | michael.foord | 2009-09-13 14:08:18 -0500 (Sun, 13 Sep 2009) | 1 line

  Remove an extraneous space in unittest documentation.
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  r74793 | georg.brandl | 2009-09-14 09:50:47 -0500 (Mon, 14 Sep 2009) | 1 line

  #6908: fix association of hashlib hash attributes.
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  r74795 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-09-14 22:36:26 -0500 (Mon, 14 Sep 2009) | 1 line

  Py_SetPythonHome uses static storage #6913
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  r74811 | georg.brandl | 2009-09-15 15:26:59 -0500 (Tue, 15 Sep 2009) | 1 line

  Add Armin Ronacher.
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  r74860 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-09-16 21:46:54 -0500 (Wed, 16 Sep 2009) | 1 line

  kill bare except
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  r74861 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-09-16 22:18:28 -0500 (Wed, 16 Sep 2009) | 1 line

  pep 8 defaults
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  r74863 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-09-16 22:27:33 -0500 (Wed, 16 Sep 2009) | 1 line

  rationalize a bit
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  r74876 | georg.brandl | 2009-09-17 11:15:53 -0500 (Thu, 17 Sep 2009) | 1 line

  #6932: remove paragraph that advises relying on __del__ being called.
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  r74886 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-09-17 16:33:46 -0500 (Thu, 17 Sep 2009) | 1 line

  use macros
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  r74896 | georg.brandl | 2009-09-18 02:22:41 -0500 (Fri, 18 Sep 2009) | 1 line

  #6936: for interactive use, quit() is just fine.
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  r74901 | georg.brandl | 2009-09-18 04:14:52 -0500 (Fri, 18 Sep 2009) | 1 line

  #6905: use better exception messages in inspect when the argument is of the wrong type.
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  r74903 | georg.brandl | 2009-09-18 04:18:27 -0500 (Fri, 18 Sep 2009) | 1 line

  #6938: "ident" is always a string, so use a format code which works.
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  r74908 | georg.brandl | 2009-09-18 08:57:11 -0500 (Fri, 18 Sep 2009) | 1 line

  Use str.format() to fix beginner's mistake with %-style string formatting.
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  r74912 | georg.brandl | 2009-09-18 11:19:56 -0500 (Fri, 18 Sep 2009) | 1 line

  Optimize optimization and fix method name in docstring.
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  r74930 | georg.brandl | 2009-09-18 16:21:41 -0500 (Fri, 18 Sep 2009) | 1 line

  #6925: rewrite docs for locals() and vars() a bit.
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  r74933 | georg.brandl | 2009-09-18 16:35:59 -0500 (Fri, 18 Sep 2009) | 1 line

  #6930: clarify description about byteorder handling in UTF decoder routines.
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  r74943 | georg.brandl | 2009-09-19 02:35:07 -0500 (Sat, 19 Sep 2009) | 1 line

  #6944: the argument to PyArg_ParseTuple should be a tuple, otherwise a SystemError is set.  Also clean up another usage of PyArg_ParseTuple.
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  r74946 | georg.brandl | 2009-09-19 03:43:16 -0500 (Sat, 19 Sep 2009) | 1 line

  Update bug tracker reference.
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  r74952 | georg.brandl | 2009-09-19 05:42:34 -0500 (Sat, 19 Sep 2009) | 1 line

  #6946: fix duplicate index entries for datetime classes.
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  r74953 | georg.brandl | 2009-09-19 07:04:16 -0500 (Sat, 19 Sep 2009) | 1 line

  Fix references to threading.enumerate().
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  r74954 | georg.brandl | 2009-09-19 08:13:56 -0500 (Sat, 19 Sep 2009) | 1 line

  Add Doug.
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  r74955 | georg.brandl | 2009-09-19 08:20:49 -0500 (Sat, 19 Sep 2009) | 1 line

  Add Mark Summerfield.
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  r75015 | georg.brandl | 2009-09-22 05:55:08 -0500 (Tue, 22 Sep 2009) | 1 line

  Fix encoding name.
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  r75019 | vinay.sajip | 2009-09-22 12:23:41 -0500 (Tue, 22 Sep 2009) | 1 line

  Fixed a typo, and added sections on optimization and using arbitrary objects as messages.
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  r75032 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-09-22 17:15:28 -0500 (Tue, 22 Sep 2009) | 1 line

  fix typos/rephrase
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  r75068 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-09-25 21:57:59 -0500 (Fri, 25 Sep 2009) | 1 line

  comment out ugly xxx
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  r75076 | vinay.sajip | 2009-09-26 09:53:32 -0500 (Sat, 26 Sep 2009) | 1 line

  Tidied up name of parameter in StreamHandler
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  r75095 | michael.foord | 2009-09-27 14:15:41 -0500 (Sun, 27 Sep 2009) | 1 line

  Test creation moved from TestProgram.parseArgs to TestProgram.createTests exclusively. Issue 6956.
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  r75098 | michael.foord | 2009-09-27 15:08:23 -0500 (Sun, 27 Sep 2009) | 1 line

  Documentation improvement for load_tests protocol in unittest. Issue 6515.
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  r75102 | skip.montanaro | 2009-09-27 21:12:27 -0500 (Sun, 27 Sep 2009) | 3 lines

  Patch from Thomas Barr so that csv.Sniffer will set doublequote property.
  Closes issue 6606.
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  r75129 | vinay.sajip | 2009-09-29 02:08:54 -0500 (Tue, 29 Sep 2009) | 1 line

  Issue #7014: logging: Improved IronPython 2.6 compatibility.
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  r75139 | raymond.hettinger | 2009-09-29 13:53:24 -0500 (Tue, 29 Sep 2009) | 3 lines

  Issue 7008: Better document str.title and show how to work around the apostrophe problem.
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  r75230 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-10-04 08:38:38 -0500 (Sun, 04 Oct 2009) | 1 line

  test logging
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diff --git a/Lib/unittest/loader.py b/Lib/unittest/loader.py
index c687b1b..68f954c 100644
--- a/Lib/unittest/loader.py
+++ b/Lib/unittest/loader.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 """Loading unittests."""
 
 import os
+import re
 import sys
+import traceback
 import types
 
 from fnmatch import fnmatch
@@ -9,6 +11,26 @@
 from . import case, suite, util
 
 
+# what about .pyc or .pyo (etc)
+# we would need to avoid loading the same tests multiple times
+# from '.py', '.pyc' *and* '.pyo'
+VALID_MODULE_NAME = re.compile(r'[_a-z]\w*\.py$', re.IGNORECASE)
+
+
+def _make_failed_import_test(name, suiteClass):
+    message = 'Failed to import test module: %s' % name
+    if hasattr(traceback, 'format_exc'):
+        # Python 2.3 compatibility
+        # format_exc returns two frames of discover.py as well
+        message += '\n%s' % traceback.format_exc()
+
+    def testImportFailure(self):
+        raise ImportError(message)
+    attrs = {name: testImportFailure}
+    ModuleImportFailure = type('ModuleImportFailure', (case.TestCase,), attrs)
+    return suiteClass((ModuleImportFailure(name),))
+
+
 class TestLoader(object):
     """
     This class is responsible for loading tests according to various criteria
@@ -79,7 +101,7 @@
             inst = parent(name)
             # static methods follow a different path
             if not isinstance(getattr(inst, name), types.FunctionType):
-                return suite.TestSuite([inst])
+                return self.suiteClass([inst])
         elif isinstance(obj, suite.TestSuite):
             return obj
         if hasattr(obj, '__call__'):
@@ -87,7 +109,7 @@
             if isinstance(test, suite.TestSuite):
                 return test
             elif isinstance(test, case.TestCase):
-                return suite.TestSuite([test])
+                return self.suiteClass([test])
             else:
                 raise TypeError("calling %s returned %s, not a test" %
                                 (obj, test))
@@ -156,17 +178,17 @@
         tests = list(self._find_tests(start_dir, pattern))
         return self.suiteClass(tests)
 
-
-    def _get_module_from_path(self, path):
-        """Load a module from a path relative to the top-level directory
-        of a project. Used by discovery."""
+    def _get_name_from_path(self, path):
         path = os.path.splitext(os.path.normpath(path))[0]
 
-        relpath = os.path.relpath(path, self._top_level_dir)
-        assert not os.path.isabs(relpath), "Path must be within the project"
-        assert not relpath.startswith('..'), "Path must be within the project"
+        _relpath = os.path.relpath(path, self._top_level_dir)
+        assert not os.path.isabs(_relpath), "Path must be within the project"
+        assert not _relpath.startswith('..'), "Path must be within the project"
 
-        name = relpath.replace(os.path.sep, '.')
+        name = _relpath.replace(os.path.sep, '.')
+        return name
+
+    def _get_module_from_name(self, name):
         __import__(name)
         return sys.modules[name]
 
@@ -176,14 +198,20 @@
 
         for path in paths:
             full_path = os.path.join(start_dir, path)
-            # what about __init__.pyc or pyo (etc)
-            # we would need to avoid loading the same tests multiple times
-            # from '.py', '.pyc' *and* '.pyo'
-            if os.path.isfile(full_path) and path.lower().endswith('.py'):
+            if os.path.isfile(full_path):
+                if not VALID_MODULE_NAME.match(path):
+                    # valid Python identifiers only
+                    continue
+
                 if fnmatch(path, pattern):
                     # if the test file matches, load it
-                    module = self._get_module_from_path(full_path)
-                    yield self.loadTestsFromModule(module)
+                    name = self._get_name_from_path(full_path)
+                    try:
+                        module = self._get_module_from_name(name)
+                    except:
+                        yield _make_failed_import_test(name, self.suiteClass)
+                    else:
+                        yield self.loadTestsFromModule(module)
             elif os.path.isdir(full_path):
                 if not os.path.isfile(os.path.join(full_path, '__init__.py')):
                     continue
@@ -192,7 +220,8 @@
                 tests = None
                 if fnmatch(path, pattern):
                     # only check load_tests if the package directory itself matches the filter
-                    package = self._get_module_from_path(full_path)
+                    name = self._get_name_from_path(full_path)
+                    package = self._get_module_from_name(name)
                     load_tests = getattr(package, 'load_tests', None)
                     tests = self.loadTestsFromModule(package, use_load_tests=False)