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Author pitrou
Recipients docs@python, evilzero, ezio.melotti, martin.panter, michael.foord, pitrou, rbcollins
Date 2014-10-29.00:16:45
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Le 29/10/2014 00:22, Martin Panter a écrit :
> 
> Martin Panter added the comment:
> 
> Removing stuff from the documentation would make it hard to
> understand
what existing code means that uses runTest(). Isn’t this a case where
you would add a big red “Deprecated since version . . .” warning
instead? Maybe a comprimise would be to “hide” its documentation away in
a separate deprecated section or something.

Well, I wasn't proposing a deprecation (although that can be done as
well, if we want). I was proposing that this detail be hidden. I don't
know if it would make existing software harder to understand. I don't
think I've ever seen an actively-maintained project that used runTest().

The simple way to hide it would be to stop documenting the TestCase
constructor and its signature. You aren't supposed to instantiate
TestCase yourself.
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