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[3.9] bpo-23882: Doc: Clarify unittest discovery document (GH-21560) #24619

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18 changes: 12 additions & 6 deletions Doc/library/unittest.rst
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Expand Up @@ -330,7 +330,9 @@ Test modules and packages can customize test loading and discovery by through
the `load_tests protocol`_.

.. versionchanged:: 3.4
Test discovery supports :term:`namespace packages <namespace package>`.
Test discovery supports :term:`namespace packages <namespace package>`
for start directory. Note that you need to the top level directory too.
(e.g. ``python -m unittest discover -s root/namespace -t root``).


.. _organizing-tests:
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1849,11 +1851,15 @@ Loading and running tests

.. versionchanged:: 3.4
Modules that raise :exc:`SkipTest` on import are recorded as skips,
not errors.
Discovery works for :term:`namespace packages <namespace package>`.
Paths are sorted before being imported so that execution order is
the same even if the underlying file system's ordering is not
dependent on file name.
not errors.

.. versionchanged:: 3.4
*start_dir* can be a :term:`namespace packages <namespace package>`.

.. versionchanged:: 3.4
Paths are sorted before being imported so that execution order is the
same even if the underlying file system's ordering is not dependent
on file name.

.. versionchanged:: 3.5
Found packages are now checked for ``load_tests`` regardless of
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