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Fix #1649 Users of unittest style TestCases will create expensive objects in setUp. We should clean up TestCase instances that are lying around so that they don't fill up memory.
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scales to support complex functional testing for applications and libraries.
An example of a simple test:
.. code-block:: python
# content of test_sample.py
def func(x):
return x + 1
def test_answer():
assert func(3) == 5
To execute it::
$ pytest
======= test session starts ========
collected 1 items
test_sample.py F
======= FAILURES ========
_______ test_answer ________
def test_answer():
> assert func(3) == 5
E assert 4 == 5
E + where 4 = func(3)
test_sample.py:5: AssertionError
======= 1 failed in 0.12 seconds ========
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