TextTestResult uses TestCase.str() which isn't customisable (vs id() or shortDescription())

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#60,492 opened on Oct 19, 2012 15 comments 0 reactions 1 assignee View on GitHub

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easy stdlib type-feature

BPO	16288
Nosy	@rbtcollins, @merwok, @bitdancer, @voidspace, @cjerdonek

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assignee = 'https://github.com/voidspace'
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2012-10-19.18:34:49.213>
labels = ['easy', 'type-feature']
title = "TextTestResult uses TestCase.__str__() which isn't customisable (vs id() or shortDescription())"
updated_at = <Date 2016-09-13.11:52:14.362>
user = 'https://github.com/rbtcollins'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2016-09-13.11:52:14.362>
actor = 'chris.jerdonek'
assignee = 'michael.foord'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = []
creation = <Date 2012-10-19.18:34:49.213>
creator = 'rbcollins'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 16288
keywords = ['easy']
message_count = 15.0
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nosy_count = 5.0
nosy_names = ['rbcollins', 'eric.araujo', 'r.david.murray', 'michael.foord', 'chris.jerdonek']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = None
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue16288'
versions = ['Python 3.4']

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