import unittest

def testSomething():
    something = makeSomething()
    assert something.name is not None
    # . . .

# Below is what the documentation suggests, but this is ignored by the
# automatic test discovery, and cannot be manually run either
testcase = unittest.FunctionTestCase(testSomething)

# Okay, so TestLoader.loadTestsFromName() does not support naming actual test
# instances. But assuming FunctionTestCase subclasses TestCase, the following
# subclass should be both discoverable and manually runnable. However it is a
# lot more work than suggested by the documentation.
class FunctionSubclass(unittest.FunctionTestCase):
    def __init__(self, methodName=None):  # See Issue 22153
        unittest.FunctionTestCase.__init__(self, testSomething)

# In fact, it seems simpler to avoid FunctionTestCase:
class Simpler(unittest.TestCase):
    def runTest(self):
        testSomething()