diff -r a75b88048339 Lib/test/regrtest.py
--- a/Lib/test/regrtest.py	Thu Nov 14 16:16:29 2013 -0800
+++ b/Lib/test/regrtest.py	Thu Nov 14 23:17:52 2013 -0600
@@ -322,6 +322,8 @@
     group.add_argument('-F', '--forever', action='store_true',
                        help='run the specified tests in a loop, until an '
                             'error happens')
+    group.add_argument('--failnoimpl', action='store_true',
+                       help='count tests with no implementation as failures')
 
     parser.add_argument('args', nargs=argparse.REMAINDER,
                         help=argparse.SUPPRESS)
@@ -361,7 +363,7 @@
          findleaks=False, use_resources=None, trace=False, coverdir='coverage',
          runleaks=False, huntrleaks=False, verbose2=False, print_slow=False,
          random_seed=None, use_mp=None, verbose3=False, forever=False,
-         header=False, failfast=False, match_tests=None)
+         header=False, failfast=False, match_tests=None, failnoimpl=False)
     for k, v in kwargs.items():
         if not hasattr(ns, k):
             raise TypeError('%r is an invalid keyword argument '
@@ -639,6 +641,7 @@
     test_times = []
     support.verbose = ns.verbose      # Tell tests to be moderately quiet
     support.use_resources = ns.use_resources
+    support.failnoimpl = ns.failnoimpl
     save_modules = sys.modules.keys()
 
     def accumulate_result(test, result):
diff -r a75b88048339 Lib/test/support/__init__.py
--- a/Lib/test/support/__init__.py	Thu Nov 14 16:16:29 2013 -0800
+++ b/Lib/test/support/__init__.py	Thu Nov 14 23:17:52 2013 -0600
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
     "skip_unless_symlink", "requires_gzip", "requires_bz2", "requires_lzma",
     "bigmemtest", "bigaddrspacetest", "cpython_only", "get_attribute",
     "requires_IEEE_754", "skip_unless_xattr", "requires_zlib",
-    "anticipate_failure",
+    "anticipate_failure", "not_implemented",
     # sys
     "is_jython", "check_impl_detail",
     # network
@@ -2134,3 +2134,24 @@
 
     # actually override the attribute
     setattr(object_to_patch, attr_name, new_value)
+
+
+failnoimpl = True       # by default, fail if a test is not implemented
+                        # and the test file is run directly.
+                        # regrtest changes this to False by default
+
+def not_implemented(func):
+    """Decorator for use on tests which are not yet implemented.
+
+    When run in verbose mode, tests with this decorator will stand out a bit
+    in the test listing due to the docstring and the expected failure.
+    """
+
+    @functools.wraps(func)
+    def test(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError('Test needs to be implemented')
+    test.__doc__ = "Not implemented: {}".format(test.__qualname__)
+
+    if failnoimpl:
+        return test
+    return unittest.expectedFailure(test)
diff -r a75b88048339 Lib/test/test_minidom.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_minidom.py	Thu Nov 14 16:16:29 2013 -0800
+++ b/Lib/test/test_minidom.py	Thu Nov 14 23:17:52 2013 -0600
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # test for xml.dom.minidom
 
 import pickle
-from test.support import run_unittest, findfile
+from test.support import run_unittest, findfile, not_implemented
 import unittest
 
 import xml.dom.minidom
@@ -360,12 +360,15 @@
                 and el.getAttribute("spam2") == "bam2")
         dom.unlink()
 
+    @not_implemented
     def testGetAttrList(self):
         pass
 
+    @not_implemented
     def testGetAttrValues(self):
         pass
 
+    @not_implemented
     def testGetAttrLength(self):
         pass