Issue 10326: TestCase instances can now be pickled (they store names of instance methods instead of references to the instance methods themselves).
diff --git a/Lib/unittest/case.py b/Lib/unittest/case.py
index 5831a76..1df19dc 100644
--- a/Lib/unittest/case.py
+++ b/Lib/unittest/case.py
@@ -191,6 +191,27 @@
.format(exc_name))
+class _TypeEqualityDict(object):
+
+ def __init__(self, testcase):
+ self.testcase = testcase
+ self._store = {}
+
+ def __setitem__(self, key, value):
+ self._store[key] = value
+
+ def __getitem__(self, key):
+ value = self._store[key]
+ if isinstance(value, str):
+ return getattr(self.testcase, value)
+ return value
+
+ def get(self, key, default=None):
+ if key in self._store:
+ return self[key]
+ return default
+
+
class TestCase(object):
"""A class whose instances are single test cases.
@@ -253,13 +274,13 @@
# Map types to custom assertEqual functions that will compare
# instances of said type in more detail to generate a more useful
# error message.
- self._type_equality_funcs = {}
- self.addTypeEqualityFunc(dict, self.assertDictEqual)
- self.addTypeEqualityFunc(list, self.assertListEqual)
- self.addTypeEqualityFunc(tuple, self.assertTupleEqual)
- self.addTypeEqualityFunc(set, self.assertSetEqual)
- self.addTypeEqualityFunc(frozenset, self.assertSetEqual)
- self.addTypeEqualityFunc(str, self.assertMultiLineEqual)
+ self._type_equality_funcs = _TypeEqualityDict(self)
+ self.addTypeEqualityFunc(dict, 'assertDictEqual')
+ self.addTypeEqualityFunc(list, 'assertListEqual')
+ self.addTypeEqualityFunc(tuple, 'assertTupleEqual')
+ self.addTypeEqualityFunc(set, 'assertSetEqual')
+ self.addTypeEqualityFunc(frozenset, 'assertSetEqual')
+ self.addTypeEqualityFunc(str, 'assertMultiLineEqual')
def addTypeEqualityFunc(self, typeobj, function):
"""Add a type specific assertEqual style function to compare a type.