unittest.init:main shadows unittest.main

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#67,047 opened on Nov 13, 2014 9 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Difficulty: 3/5
Estimated time: 1-2 days
Newbie friendliness: 35/100

Issue type: Bug
Clarity: Needs clarification
Activity status: Stale
Tech stack: python
Domain: testing-qa

Research direction

Start by locating the unittest.init and unittest.main definitions and read the existing issue discussion, since no source files or tests are named. Confirm how the name collision occurs and identify the expected public behavior before making a change; done means the shadowing is resolved and relevant unittest tests pass.

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Description

3.11 stdlib type-bug

BPO	22858
Nosy	@pitrou, @rbtcollins, @ezio-melotti, @bitdancer, @voidspace

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assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2014-11-13.10:23:24.339>
labels = ['type-bug', 'library', '3.11']
title = 'unittest.__init__:main shadows unittest.main'
updated_at = <Date 2021-12-12.00:26:56.697>
user = 'https://github.com/rbtcollins'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2021-12-12.00:26:56.697>
actor = 'iritkatriel'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2014-11-13.10:23:24.339>
creator = 'rbcollins'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 22858
keywords = []
message_count = 9.0
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nosy_count = 5.0
nosy_names = ['pitrou', 'rbcollins', 'ezio.melotti', 'r.david.murray', 'michael.foord']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = None
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue22858'
versions = ['Python 3.11']

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