Fix one of the tests: it relied on being present in an "output test" in
order to actually test what it was supposed to test, i.e. that the code
in the __del__ method did not crash. Use instead the new helper
test_support.captured_output().
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_descr.py b/Lib/test/test_descr.py
index f170d59..f740738 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_descr.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_descr.py
@@ -1136,14 +1136,10 @@
def __del__(self_):
self.assertEqual(self_.a, 1)
self.assertEqual(self_.b, 2)
-
- save_stderr = sys.stderr
- sys.stderr = sys.stdout
- h = H()
- try:
+ with test_support.captured_output('stderr') as s:
+ h = H()
del h
- finally:
- sys.stderr = save_stderr
+ self.assertEqual(s.getvalue(), '')
def test_slots_special(self):
# Testing __dict__ and __weakref__ in __slots__...