Add support for unittest.TestCase.subTest#567
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This has been supported since Python 3.4 [1]. Like the stdlib implementation, we report failures individually but still treat the entire method as a single "test" (so multiple failures in a single test method will still result in e.g. a `Failed: 1` summary). [1] https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.html#distinguishing-test-iterations-using-subtests Signed-off-by: Stephen Finucane <stephen@that.guru>
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This has been supported since Python 3.4 [1]. Like the stdlib implementation, we report failures individually but treat the entire method as a single "test" (so multiple failures in a single test method will still result in a
Failed: 1summary).[1] https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.html#distinguishing-test-iterations-using-subtests