[Python-Dev] Convention on functions that shadow existing stdlib functions

Wed Jul 27 20:40:58 CEST 2011

Eli Bendersky wrote:
>> I like this solution since this issue of documenting
> test.support keeps
> coming up. Otherwise we can not document test.support,
>>> We already do.
>> 25.6. test.support — Utility functions for tests
> is about half of the page that also contains
> 25.5. test — Regression tests package for Python
> The latter contains
> 25.5.1. Writing Unit Tests for the test package
> which should also be moved to the dev guide if 25.6 is.
>>> +1
>>> That would leave 25.5 as a short page explaining what lib/test is
> and how to run the tests, which is something user sometimes need to do.
>>> Out of curiosity, why would a user need to run Python's tests?

Curiosity. ;)
~Ethan~