The status of this ticket is unchanged.  I'm somewhat removed from the 
Python scene in recent times, and I'm not in a position to apply this 
patch or a variation of it.

I still believe this would be a beneficial change to the unittest 
module, though, and perhaps someone else would be willing to apply 
Remy's patch (updated if necessary to apply cleanly).  There's a minor 
typo in there ("tuble" instead of "tuple"), but otherwise it looks 
acceptable to me.