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  r79464 | michael.foord | 2010-03-27 07:55:19 -0500 (Sat, 27 Mar 2010) | 1 line

  A fix for running unittest tests on platforms without the audioop module (e.g. jython and IronPython)
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  r79471 | michael.foord | 2010-03-27 14:10:11 -0500 (Sat, 27 Mar 2010) | 4 lines

  Addition of delta keyword argument to unittest.TestCase.assertAlmostEquals and assertNotAlmostEquals

  This allows the comparison of objects by specifying a maximum difference; this includes the comparing of non-numeric objects that don't support rounding.
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  r79623 | michael.foord | 2010-04-02 16:42:47 -0500 (Fri, 02 Apr 2010) | 1 line

  Addition of -b command line option to unittest for buffering stdout and stderr during test runs.
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  r79626 | michael.foord | 2010-04-02 17:08:29 -0500 (Fri, 02 Apr 2010) | 1 line

  TestResult stores original sys.stdout and tests no longer use sys.__stdout__ (etc) in tests for unittest -b command line option
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  r79630 | michael.foord | 2010-04-02 17:30:56 -0500 (Fri, 02 Apr 2010) | 1 line

  unittest tests no longer replace the sys.stdout put in place by regrtest
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  r79632 | michael.foord | 2010-04-02 17:55:59 -0500 (Fri, 02 Apr 2010) | 1 line

  Issue #8038: Addition of unittest.TestCase.assertNotRegexpMatches
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  r79643 | michael.foord | 2010-04-02 20:15:21 -0500 (Fri, 02 Apr 2010) | 1 line

  Support dotted module names for test discovery paths in unittest. Issue 8038.
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  r79648 | michael.foord | 2010-04-02 21:21:39 -0500 (Fri, 02 Apr 2010) | 1 line

  Cross platform unittest.TestResult newline handling when buffering stdout / stderr.
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  r79649 | michael.foord | 2010-04-02 21:33:55 -0500 (Fri, 02 Apr 2010) | 1 line

  Another attempt at a fix for unittest.test.test_result for windows line endings
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  r79679 | michael.foord | 2010-04-03 09:52:18 -0500 (Sat, 03 Apr 2010) | 1 line

  Adding -b command line option to the unittest usage message.
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  r79685 | michael.foord | 2010-04-03 10:20:00 -0500 (Sat, 03 Apr 2010) | 1 line

  Minor tweak to unittest command line usage message
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  r79711 | michael.foord | 2010-04-03 12:03:11 -0500 (Sat, 03 Apr 2010) | 1 line

  Documenting new features in unittest
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  r79761 | michael.foord | 2010-04-04 17:41:54 -0500 (Sun, 04 Apr 2010) | 1 line

  unittest documentation formatting changes
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  r79774 | michael.foord | 2010-04-04 18:28:44 -0500 (Sun, 04 Apr 2010) | 1 line

  Adding documentation for new unittest.main() parameters
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  r79777 | michael.foord | 2010-04-04 19:39:50 -0500 (Sun, 04 Apr 2010) | 1 line

  Document signal handling functions in unittest.rst
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  r79792 | michael.foord | 2010-04-05 05:26:26 -0500 (Mon, 05 Apr 2010) | 1 line

  Documentation fixes for unittest
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  r79793 | michael.foord | 2010-04-05 05:28:27 -0500 (Mon, 05 Apr 2010) | 1 line

  Furterh documentation fix for unittest.rst
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  r79794 | michael.foord | 2010-04-05 05:30:14 -0500 (Mon, 05 Apr 2010) | 1 line

  Further documentation fix for unittest.rst
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  r79877 | michael.foord | 2010-04-06 18:18:16 -0500 (Tue, 06 Apr 2010) | 1 line

  Fix module directory finding logic for dotted paths in unittest test discovery.
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  r79898 | michael.foord | 2010-04-07 18:04:22 -0500 (Wed, 07 Apr 2010) | 1 line

  unittest.result.TestResult does not create its buffers until they're used. It uses StringIO not cStringIO. Issue 8333.
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  r79899 | michael.foord | 2010-04-07 19:04:24 -0500 (Wed, 07 Apr 2010) | 1 line

  Switch regrtest to use StringIO instead of cStringIO for test_multiprocessing on Windows. Issue 8333.
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  r79900 | michael.foord | 2010-04-07 23:33:20 -0500 (Wed, 07 Apr 2010) | 1 line

  Correction of unittest documentation typos and omissions
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diff --git a/Lib/unittest/main.py b/Lib/unittest/main.py
index 3e659ab..2f488e1 100644
--- a/Lib/unittest/main.py
+++ b/Lib/unittest/main.py
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
 
 __unittest = True
 
-
-FAILFAST = "  -f, --failfast   Stop on first failure\n"
-CATCHBREAK = "  -c, --catch      Catch control-C and display results\n"
+FAILFAST     = "  -f, --failfast   Stop on first failure\n"
+CATCHBREAK   = "  -c, --catch      Catch control-C and display results\n"
+BUFFEROUTPUT = "  -b, --buffer     Buffer stdout and stderr during test runs\n"
 
 USAGE_AS_MAIN = """\
 Usage: %(progName)s [options] [tests]
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   -h, --help       Show this message
   -v, --verbose    Verbose output
   -q, --quiet      Minimal output
-%(failfast)s%(catchbreak)s
+%(failfast)s%(catchbreak)s%(buffer)s
 Examples:
   %(progName)s test_module                       - run tests from test_module
   %(progName)s test_module.TestClass             - run tests from
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 Options:
   -v, --verbose    Verbose output
-%(failfast)s%(catchbreak)s  -s directory     Directory to start discovery ('.' default)
+%(failfast)s%(catchbreak)s%(buffer)s  -s directory     Directory to start discovery ('.' default)
   -p pattern       Pattern to match test files ('test*.py' default)
   -t directory     Top level directory of project (default to
                    start directory)
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
   -h, --help       Show this message
   -v, --verbose    Verbose output
   -q, --quiet      Minimal output
-%(failfast)s%(catchbreak)s
+%(failfast)s%(catchbreak)s%(buffer)s
 Examples:
   %(progName)s                               - run default set of tests
   %(progName)s MyTestSuite                   - run suite 'MyTestSuite'
@@ -68,12 +68,12 @@
     USAGE = USAGE_FROM_MODULE
 
     # defaults for testing
-    failfast = catchbreak = None
+    failfast = catchbreak = buffer = None
 
     def __init__(self, module='__main__', defaultTest=None,
                  argv=None, testRunner=None,
                  testLoader=loader.defaultTestLoader, exit=True,
-                 verbosity=1, failfast=None, catchbreak=None):
+                 verbosity=1, failfast=None, catchbreak=None, buffer=None):
         if isinstance(module, str):
             self.module = __import__(module)
             for part in module.split('.')[1:]:
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
         self.failfast = failfast
         self.catchbreak = catchbreak
         self.verbosity = verbosity
+        self.buffer = buffer
         self.defaultTest = defaultTest
         self.testRunner = testRunner
         self.testLoader = testLoader
@@ -97,11 +98,14 @@
     def usageExit(self, msg=None):
         if msg:
             print(msg)
-        usage = {'progName': self.progName, 'catchbreak': '', 'failfast': ''}
+        usage = {'progName': self.progName, 'catchbreak': '', 'failfast': '',
+                 'buffer': ''}
         if self.failfast != False:
             usage['failfast'] = FAILFAST
         if self.catchbreak != False:
             usage['catchbreak'] = CATCHBREAK
+        if self.buffer != False:
+            usage['buffer'] = BUFFEROUTPUT
         print(self.USAGE % usage)
         sys.exit(2)
 
@@ -111,9 +115,9 @@
             return
 
         import getopt
-        long_opts = ['help', 'verbose', 'quiet', 'failfast', 'catch']
+        long_opts = ['help', 'verbose', 'quiet', 'failfast', 'catch', 'buffer']
         try:
-            options, args = getopt.getopt(argv[1:], 'hHvqfc', long_opts)
+            options, args = getopt.getopt(argv[1:], 'hHvqfcb', long_opts)
             for opt, value in options:
                 if opt in ('-h','-H','--help'):
                     self.usageExit()
@@ -129,6 +133,10 @@
                     if self.catchbreak is None:
                         self.catchbreak = True
                     # Should this raise an exception if -c is not valid?
+                if opt in ('-b','--buffer'):
+                    if self.buffer is None:
+                        self.buffer = True
+                    # Should this raise an exception if -b is not valid?
             if len(args) == 0 and self.defaultTest is None:
                 # createTests will load tests from self.module
                 self.testNames = None
@@ -164,6 +172,10 @@
             parser.add_option('-c', '--catch', dest='catchbreak', default=False,
                               help='Catch ctrl-C and display results so far',
                               action='store_true')
+        if self.buffer != False:
+            parser.add_option('-b', '--buffer', dest='buffer', default=False,
+                              help='Buffer stdout and stderr during tests',
+                              action='store_true')
         parser.add_option('-s', '--start-directory', dest='start', default='.',
                           help="Directory to start discovery ('.' default)")
         parser.add_option('-p', '--pattern', dest='pattern', default='test*.py',
@@ -184,6 +196,8 @@
             self.failfast = options.failfast
         if self.catchbreak is None:
             self.catchbreak = options.catchbreak
+        if self.buffer is None:
+            self.buffer = options.buffer
 
         if options.verbose:
             self.verbosity = 2
@@ -203,9 +217,10 @@
         if isinstance(self.testRunner, type):
             try:
                 testRunner = self.testRunner(verbosity=self.verbosity,
-                                             failfast=self.failfast)
+                                             failfast=self.failfast,
+                                             buffer=self.buffer)
             except TypeError:
-                # didn't accept the verbosity or failfast arguments
+                # didn't accept the verbosity, buffer or failfast arguments
                 testRunner = self.testRunner()
         else:
             # it is assumed to be a TestRunner instance