diff --git a/Lib/test/test_fileinput.py b/Lib/test/test_fileinput.py
index 301769e..d20fe95 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_fileinput.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_fileinput.py
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 Nick Mathewson
 '''
 
-from test.test_support import verify, verbose, TESTFN, TestFailed
+import unittest
+from test.test_support import verbose, TESTFN, run_unittest
+from test.test_support import unlink as safe_unlink
 import sys, os, re
 from StringIO import StringIO
 from fileinput import FileInput, hook_encoded
@@ -22,206 +24,202 @@
     f.close()
     return name
 
-pat = re.compile(r'LINE (\d+) OF FILE (\d+)')
-
 def remove_tempfiles(*names):
     for name in names:
-        try:
-            os.unlink(name)
-        except:
-            pass
-
-def runTests(t1, t2, t3, t4, bs=0, round=0):
-    start = 1 + round*6
-    if verbose:
-        print '%s. Simple iteration (bs=%s)' % (start+0, bs)
-    fi = FileInput(files=(t1, t2, t3, t4), bufsize=bs)
-    lines = list(fi)
-    fi.close()
-    verify(len(lines) == 31)
-    verify(lines[4] == 'Line 5 of file 1\n')
-    verify(lines[30] == 'Line 1 of file 4\n')
-    verify(fi.lineno() == 31)
-    verify(fi.filename() == t4)
-
-    if verbose:
-        print '%s. Status variables (bs=%s)' % (start+1, bs)
-    fi = FileInput(files=(t1, t2, t3, t4), bufsize=bs)
-    s = "x"
-    while s and s != 'Line 6 of file 2\n':
-        s = fi.readline()
-    verify(fi.filename() == t2)
-    verify(fi.lineno() == 21)
-    verify(fi.filelineno() == 6)
-    verify(not fi.isfirstline())
-    verify(not fi.isstdin())
-
-    if verbose:
-        print '%s. Nextfile (bs=%s)' % (start+2, bs)
-    fi.nextfile()
-    verify(fi.readline() == 'Line 1 of file 3\n')
-    verify(fi.lineno() == 22)
-    fi.close()
-
-    if verbose:
-        print '%s. Stdin (bs=%s)' % (start+3, bs)
-    fi = FileInput(files=(t1, t2, t3, t4, '-'), bufsize=bs)
-    savestdin = sys.stdin
-    try:
-        sys.stdin = StringIO("Line 1 of stdin\nLine 2 of stdin\n")
+        safe_unlink(name)
+            
+class BufferSizesTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_buffer_sizes(self):
+        # First, run the tests with default and teeny buffer size.
+        for round, bs in (0, 0), (1, 30):
+            try:
+                t1 = writeTmp(1, ["Line %s of file 1\n" % (i+1) for i in range(15)])
+                t2 = writeTmp(2, ["Line %s of file 2\n" % (i+1) for i in range(10)])
+                t3 = writeTmp(3, ["Line %s of file 3\n" % (i+1) for i in range(5)])
+                t4 = writeTmp(4, ["Line %s of file 4\n" % (i+1) for i in range(1)])
+                self.buffer_size_test(t1, t2, t3, t4, bs, round)
+            finally:
+                remove_tempfiles(t1, t2, t3, t4)
+                
+    def buffer_size_test(self, t1, t2, t3, t4, bs=0, round=0):
+        pat = re.compile(r'LINE (\d+) OF FILE (\d+)')
+    
+        start = 1 + round*6
+        if verbose:
+            print '%s. Simple iteration (bs=%s)' % (start+0, bs)
+        fi = FileInput(files=(t1, t2, t3, t4), bufsize=bs)
         lines = list(fi)
-        verify(len(lines) == 33)
-        verify(lines[32] == 'Line 2 of stdin\n')
-        verify(fi.filename() == '<stdin>')
-        fi.nextfile()
-    finally:
-        sys.stdin = savestdin
-
-    if verbose:
-        print '%s. Boundary conditions (bs=%s)' % (start+4, bs)
-    fi = FileInput(files=(t1, t2, t3, t4), bufsize=bs)
-    verify(fi.lineno() == 0)
-    verify(fi.filename() == None)
-    fi.nextfile()
-    verify(fi.lineno() == 0)
-    verify(fi.filename() == None)
-
-    if verbose:
-        print '%s. Inplace (bs=%s)' % (start+5, bs)
-    savestdout = sys.stdout
-    try:
-        fi = FileInput(files=(t1, t2, t3, t4), inplace=1, bufsize=bs)
-        for line in fi:
-            line = line[:-1].upper()
-            print line
         fi.close()
-    finally:
-        sys.stdout = savestdout
+        self.assertEqual(len(lines), 31)
+        self.assertEqual(lines[4], 'Line 5 of file 1\n')
+        self.assertEqual(lines[30], 'Line 1 of file 4\n')
+        self.assertEqual(fi.lineno(), 31)
+        self.assertEqual(fi.filename(), t4)
 
-    fi = FileInput(files=(t1, t2, t3, t4), bufsize=bs)
-    for line in fi:
-        verify(line[-1] == '\n')
-        m = pat.match(line[:-1])
-        verify(m != None)
-        verify(int(m.group(1)) == fi.filelineno())
-    fi.close()
+        if verbose:
+            print '%s. Status variables (bs=%s)' % (start+1, bs)
+        fi = FileInput(files=(t1, t2, t3, t4), bufsize=bs)
+        s = "x"
+        while s and s != 'Line 6 of file 2\n':
+            s = fi.readline()
+        self.assertEqual(fi.filename(), t2)
+        self.assertEqual(fi.lineno(), 21)
+        self.assertEqual(fi.filelineno(), 6)
+        self.failIf(fi.isfirstline())
+        self.failIf(fi.isstdin())
 
+        if verbose:
+            print '%s. Nextfile (bs=%s)' % (start+2, bs)
+        fi.nextfile()
+        self.assertEqual(fi.readline(), 'Line 1 of file 3\n')
+        self.assertEqual(fi.lineno(), 22)
+        fi.close()
 
-def writeFiles():
-    global t1, t2, t3, t4
-    t1 = writeTmp(1, ["Line %s of file 1\n" % (i+1) for i in range(15)])
-    t2 = writeTmp(2, ["Line %s of file 2\n" % (i+1) for i in range(10)])
-    t3 = writeTmp(3, ["Line %s of file 3\n" % (i+1) for i in range(5)])
-    t4 = writeTmp(4, ["Line %s of file 4\n" % (i+1) for i in range(1)])
+        if verbose:
+            print '%s. Stdin (bs=%s)' % (start+3, bs)
+        fi = FileInput(files=(t1, t2, t3, t4, '-'), bufsize=bs)
+        savestdin = sys.stdin
+        try:
+            sys.stdin = StringIO("Line 1 of stdin\nLine 2 of stdin\n")
+            lines = list(fi)
+            self.assertEqual(len(lines), 33)
+            self.assertEqual(lines[32], 'Line 2 of stdin\n')
+            self.assertEqual(fi.filename(), '<stdin>')
+            fi.nextfile()
+        finally:
+            sys.stdin = savestdin
 
-# First, run the tests with default and teeny buffer size.
-for round, bs in (0, 0), (1, 30):
-    try:
-        writeFiles()
-        runTests(t1, t2, t3, t4, bs, round)
-    finally:
-        remove_tempfiles(t1, t2, t3, t4)
+        if verbose:
+            print '%s. Boundary conditions (bs=%s)' % (start+4, bs)
+        fi = FileInput(files=(t1, t2, t3, t4), bufsize=bs)
+        self.assertEqual(fi.lineno(), 0)
+        self.assertEqual(fi.filename(), None)
+        fi.nextfile()
+        self.assertEqual(fi.lineno(), 0)
+        self.assertEqual(fi.filename(), None)
 
-# Next, check for proper behavior with 0-byte files.
-if verbose:
-    print "13. 0-byte files"
-try:
-    t1 = writeTmp(1, [""])
-    t2 = writeTmp(2, [""])
-    t3 = writeTmp(3, ["The only line there is.\n"])
-    t4 = writeTmp(4, [""])
-    fi = FileInput(files=(t1, t2, t3, t4))
-    line = fi.readline()
-    verify(line == 'The only line there is.\n')
-    verify(fi.lineno() == 1)
-    verify(fi.filelineno() == 1)
-    verify(fi.filename() == t3)
-    line = fi.readline()
-    verify(not line)
-    verify(fi.lineno() == 1)
-    verify(fi.filelineno() == 0)
-    verify(fi.filename() == t4)
-    fi.close()
-finally:
-    remove_tempfiles(t1, t2, t3, t4)
+        if verbose:
+            print '%s. Inplace (bs=%s)' % (start+5, bs)
+        savestdout = sys.stdout
+        try:
+            fi = FileInput(files=(t1, t2, t3, t4), inplace=1, bufsize=bs)
+            for line in fi:
+                line = line[:-1].upper()
+                print line
+            fi.close()
+        finally:
+            sys.stdout = savestdout
 
-if verbose:
-    print "14. Files that don't end with newline"
-try:
-    t1 = writeTmp(1, ["A\nB\nC"])
-    t2 = writeTmp(2, ["D\nE\nF"])
-    fi = FileInput(files=(t1, t2))
-    lines = list(fi)
-    verify(lines == ["A\n", "B\n", "C", "D\n", "E\n", "F"])
-    verify(fi.filelineno() == 3)
-    verify(fi.lineno() == 6)
-finally:
-    remove_tempfiles(t1, t2)
+        fi = FileInput(files=(t1, t2, t3, t4), bufsize=bs)
+        for line in fi:
+            self.assertEqual(line[-1], '\n')
+            m = pat.match(line[:-1])
+            self.assertNotEqual(m, None)
+            self.assertEqual(int(m.group(1)), fi.filelineno())
+        fi.close()
+        
+class FileInputTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_zero_byte_files(self):
+        try:
+            t1 = writeTmp(1, [""])
+            t2 = writeTmp(2, [""])
+            t3 = writeTmp(3, ["The only line there is.\n"])
+            t4 = writeTmp(4, [""])
+            fi = FileInput(files=(t1, t2, t3, t4))
+            
+            line = fi.readline()
+            self.assertEqual(line, 'The only line there is.\n')
+            self.assertEqual(fi.lineno(), 1)
+            self.assertEqual(fi.filelineno(), 1)
+            self.assertEqual(fi.filename(), t3)
+            
+            line = fi.readline()
+            self.failIf(line)
+            self.assertEqual(fi.lineno(), 1)
+            self.assertEqual(fi.filelineno(), 0)
+            self.assertEqual(fi.filename(), t4)
+            fi.close()
+        finally:
+            remove_tempfiles(t1, t2, t3, t4)
 
-if verbose:
-    print "15. Unicode filenames"
-try:
-    t1 = writeTmp(1, ["A\nB"])
-    encoding = sys.getfilesystemencoding()
-    if encoding is None:
-        encoding = 'ascii'
-    fi = FileInput(files=unicode(t1, encoding))
-    lines = list(fi)
-    verify(lines == ["A\n", "B"])
-finally:
-    remove_tempfiles(t1)
+    def test_files_that_dont_end_with_newline(self):
+        try:
+            t1 = writeTmp(1, ["A\nB\nC"])
+            t2 = writeTmp(2, ["D\nE\nF"])
+            fi = FileInput(files=(t1, t2))
+            lines = list(fi)
+            self.assertEqual(lines, ["A\n", "B\n", "C", "D\n", "E\n", "F"])
+            self.assertEqual(fi.filelineno(), 3)
+            self.assertEqual(fi.lineno(), 6)
+        finally:
+            remove_tempfiles(t1, t2)
 
-if verbose:
-    print "16. fileno()"
-try:
-    t1 = writeTmp(1, ["A\nB"])
-    t2 = writeTmp(2, ["C\nD"])
-    fi = FileInput(files=(t1, t2))
-    verify(fi.fileno() == -1)
-    line = fi.next()
-    verify(fi.fileno() != -1)
-    fi.nextfile()
-    verify(fi.fileno() == -1)
-    line = list(fi)
-    verify(fi.fileno() == -1)
-finally:
-    remove_tempfiles(t1, t2)
+    def test_unicode_filenames(self):
+        try:
+            t1 = writeTmp(1, ["A\nB"])
+            encoding = sys.getfilesystemencoding()
+            if encoding is None:
+                encoding = 'ascii'
+            fi = FileInput(files=unicode(t1, encoding))
+            lines = list(fi)
+            self.assertEqual(lines, ["A\n", "B"])
+        finally:
+            remove_tempfiles(t1)
 
-if verbose:
-    print "17. Specify opening mode"
-try:
-    # invalid mode, should raise ValueError
-    fi = FileInput(mode="w")
-    raise TestFailed("FileInput should reject invalid mode argument")
-except ValueError:
-    pass
-try:
-    # try opening in universal newline mode
-    t1 = writeTmp(1, ["A\nB\r\nC\rD"], mode="wb")
-    fi = FileInput(files=t1, mode="U")
-    lines = list(fi)
-    verify(lines == ["A\n", "B\n", "C\n", "D"])
-finally:
-    remove_tempfiles(t1)
+    def test_fileno(self):
+        try:
+            t1 = writeTmp(1, ["A\nB"])
+            t2 = writeTmp(2, ["C\nD"])
+            fi = FileInput(files=(t1, t2))
+            self.assertEqual(fi.fileno(), -1)
+            line = fi.next()
+            self.assertNotEqual(fi.fileno(), -1)
+            fi.nextfile()
+            self.assertEqual(fi.fileno(), -1)
+            line = list(fi)
+            self.assertEqual(fi.fileno(), -1)
+        finally:
+            remove_tempfiles(t1, t2)
 
-if verbose:
-    print "18. Test file opening hook"
-try:
-    # cannot use openhook and inplace mode
-    fi = FileInput(inplace=1, openhook=lambda f,m: None)
-    raise TestFailed("FileInput should raise if both inplace "
-                     "and openhook arguments are given")
-except ValueError:
-    pass
-try:
-    fi = FileInput(openhook=1)
-    raise TestFailed("FileInput should check openhook for being callable")
-except ValueError:
-    pass
-try:
-    t1 = writeTmp(1, ["A\nB"], mode="wb")
-    fi = FileInput(files=t1, openhook=hook_encoded("rot13"))
-    lines = list(fi)
-    verify(lines == ["N\n", "O"])
-finally:
-    remove_tempfiles(t1)
+    def test_opening_mode(self):
+        try:
+            # invalid mode, should raise ValueError
+            fi = FileInput(mode="w")
+            self.fail("FileInput should reject invalid mode argument")
+        except ValueError:
+            pass
+        try:
+            # try opening in universal newline mode
+            t1 = writeTmp(1, ["A\nB\r\nC\rD"], mode="wb")
+            fi = FileInput(files=t1, mode="U")
+            lines = list(fi)
+            self.assertEqual(lines, ["A\n", "B\n", "C\n", "D"])
+        finally:
+            remove_tempfiles(t1)
+
+    def test_file_opening_hook(self):
+        try:
+            # cannot use openhook and inplace mode
+            fi = FileInput(inplace=1, openhook=lambda f,m: None)
+            self.fail("FileInput should raise if both inplace "
+                             "and openhook arguments are given")
+        except ValueError:
+            pass
+        try:
+            fi = FileInput(openhook=1)
+            self.fail("FileInput should check openhook for being callable")
+        except ValueError:
+            pass
+        try:
+            t1 = writeTmp(1, ["A\nB"], mode="wb")
+            fi = FileInput(files=t1, openhook=hook_encoded("rot13"))
+            lines = list(fi)
+            self.assertEqual(lines, ["N\n", "O"])
+        finally:
+            remove_tempfiles(t1)
+
+def test_main():
+    run_unittest(BufferSizesTests, FileInputTests)
+    
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    test_main()