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Wed Dec 3 04:34:41 EST 2003 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2003-December/040624.html

"Raymond Hettinger" <raymond.hettinger at verizon.net> writes:

> When a test fails, it is accompanied by tracebacks that include
> all the processing within the unittest module itself.  This makes
> it darned difficult to see at a glance what went wrong.  If like
> me, you use unittest as part of the development process, then you
> run it hundreds of times each week and this eyesore gets to be a
> real PITA.
>
> I don't recall when or where, but someone has proposed a fix.
> But, like many great ideas, it got stymied because someone,
> somewhere has a use for the rest of the traceback.   Also, a
> developer raised the (IMO red herring) issue -- what if there 
> is a bug in the unittest module, how would you track it.

http://www.python.org/sf/722638

>
> So, I would like to re-raise the issue.
> Can we get this fixed?

Yes, please.

Thomas

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