Allow passing DocTestRunner and DocTestCase in doctest

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
testing-qa

Research direction

Start by reviewing the linked PR gh-133203 and the attached doctest-configuration.diff, doctest-configuration-1.diff, and test.patch files. Then inspect the doctest DocTestSuite, DocTestRunner, and DocTestCase entry points; done means the requested runner and case customization is supported with coverage for the behavior described by the patches.

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Description

stdlib tests type-feature
BPO 1521051
Nosy @asvetlov, @freakboy3742, @cjerdonek, @MaxwellDupre
Files
  • doctest-configuration.diff: Patch to allow extra customization of DocTestSuite
  • doctest-configuration-1.diff
  • test.patch
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title = 'Allow passing DocTestRunner and DocTestCase in doctest'
updated_at = <Date 2022-01-21.17:35:46.293>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/freakboy'

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