Add example of using load_tests to parameterise Test Cases

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
documentation, testing

Research direction

Start by reading the existing unittest documentation around load_tests and inspect linked PR gh-91694 for the current work. Done means the documentation includes an example showing how load_tests can parameterise Test Cases.

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Description

3.11 docs easy tests type-feature
BPO 12600
Nosy @terryjreedy, @mdickinson, @ncoghlan, @pitrou, @diekhans, @rbtcollins, @ezio-melotti, @merwok, @bitdancer, @voidspace, @briancurtin, @kynan, @ericsnowcurrently, @vadmium, @iritkatriel

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assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2011-07-21.05:39:28.919>
labels = ['easy', '3.11', 'type-feature', 'tests', 'docs']
title = 'Add example of using load_tests to parameterise Test Cases'
updated_at = <Date 2021-06-17.11:06:25.476>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/abingham'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2021-06-17.11:06:25.476>
actor = 'iritkatriel'
assignee = 'docs@python'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Documentation', 'Tests']
creation = <Date 2011-07-21.05:39:28.919>
creator = 'abingham'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 12600
keywords = ['easy']
message_count = 23.0
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nosy_count = 21.0
nosy_names = ['terry.reedy', 'mark.dickinson', 'ncoghlan', 'pitrou', 'diekhans', 'rbcollins', 'ezio.melotti', 'eric.araujo', 'r.david.murray', 'michael.foord', 'brian.curtin', 'fperez', 'Yaroslav.Halchenko', 'docs@python', 'nchauvat', 'kynan', 'abingham', 'eric.snow', 'pere.martir', 'martin.panter', 'iritkatriel']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = None
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue12600'
versions = ['Python 3.11']

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