- Issue python#16662: load_tests() is now unconditionally run when it…

… is present in

  a package's __init__.py.  TestLoader.loadTestsFromModule() still accepts
  use_load_tests, but it is deprecated and ignored.  A new keyword-only
  attribute `pattern` is added and documented.  Patch given by Robert Collins,
  tweaked by Barry Warsaw.

Doc/library/unittest.rst

@@ -1561,7 +1561,7 @@ Loading and running tests
       :class:`testCaseClass`.
 
 
-   .. method:: loadTestsFromModule(module)
+   .. method:: loadTestsFromModule(module, pattern=None)
 
       Return a suite of all tests cases contained in the given module. This
       method searches *module* for classes derived from :class:`TestCase` and
@@ -1578,11 +1578,18 @@ Loading and running tests
 
       If a module provides a ``load_tests`` function it will be called to
       load the tests. This allows modules to customize test loading.
-      This is the `load_tests protocol`_.
+      This is the `load_tests protocol`_.  The *pattern* argument is passed as
+      the third argument to ``load_tests``.
 
       .. versionchanged:: 3.2
          Support for ``load_tests`` added.
 
+      .. versionchanged:: 3.5
+         The undocumented and unofficial *use_load_tests* default argument is
+         deprecated and ignored, although it is still accepted for backward
+         compatibility.  The method also now accepts a keyword-only argument
+         *pattern* which is passed to ``load_tests`` as the third argument.
+
 
    .. method:: loadTestsFromName(name, module=None)
 
@@ -1634,18 +1641,18 @@ Loading and running tests
       the start directory is not the top level directory then the top level
       directory must be specified separately.
 
-      If importing a module fails, for example due to a syntax error, then this
-      will be recorded as a single error and discovery will continue.  If the
-      import failure is due to :exc:`SkipTest` being raised, it will be recorded
-      as a skip instead of an error.
+      If importing a module fails, for example due to a syntax error, then
+      this will be recorded as a single error and discovery will continue.  If
+      the import failure is due to :exc:`SkipTest` being raised, it will be
+      recorded as a skip instead of an error.
 
-      If a test package name (directory with :file:`__init__.py`) matches the
-      pattern then the package will be checked for a ``load_tests``
-      function. If this exists then it will be called with *loader*, *tests*,
-      *pattern*.
+      If a package (a directory containing a file named :file:`__init__.py`) is
+      found, the package will be checked for a ``load_tests`` function. If this
+      exists then it will be called with *loader*, *tests*, *pattern*.
 
-      If load_tests exists then discovery does *not* recurse into the package,
-      ``load_tests`` is responsible for loading all tests in the package.
+      If ``load_tests`` exists then discovery does *not* recurse into the
+      package, ``load_tests`` is responsible for loading all tests in the
+      package.
 
       The pattern is deliberately not stored as a loader attribute so that
       packages can continue discovery themselves. *top_level_dir* is stored so
@@ -1664,6 +1671,11 @@ Loading and running tests
            the same even if the underlying file system's ordering is not
            dependent on file name.
 
+      .. versionchanged:: 3.5
+         Found packages are now checked for ``load_tests`` regardless of
+         whether their path matches *pattern*, because it is impossible for
+         a package name to match the default pattern.
+
 
    The following attributes of a :class:`TestLoader` can be configured either by
    subclassing or assignment on an instance:
@@ -2032,7 +2044,10 @@ test runs or test discovery by implementing a function called ``load_tests``.
 If a test module defines ``load_tests`` it will be called by
 :meth:`TestLoader.loadTestsFromModule` with the following arguments::
 
-    load_tests(loader, standard_tests, None)
+    load_tests(loader, standard_tests, pattern)
+
+where *pattern* is passed straight through from ``loadTestsFromModule``.  It
+defaults to ``None``.
 
 It should return a :class:`TestSuite`.
 
@@ -2054,21 +2069,12 @@ A typical ``load_tests`` function that loads tests from a specific set of
             suite.addTests(tests)
         return suite
 
-If discovery is started, either from the command line or by calling
-:meth:`TestLoader.discover`, with a pattern that matches a package
-name then the package :file:`__init__.py` will be checked for ``load_tests``.
-
-.. note::
-
-   The default pattern is ``'test*.py'``. This matches all Python files
-   that start with ``'test'`` but *won't* match any test directories.
-
-   A pattern like ``'test*'`` will match test packages as well as
-   modules.
-
-If the package :file:`__init__.py` defines ``load_tests`` then it will be
-called and discovery not continued into the package. ``load_tests``
-is called with the following arguments::
+If discovery is started in a directory containing a package, either from the
+command line or by calling :meth:`TestLoader.discover`, then the package
+:file:`__init__.py` will be checked for ``load_tests``.  If that function does
+not exist, discovery will recurse into the package as though it were just
+another directory.  Otherwise, discovery of the package's tests will be left up
+to ``load_tests`` which is called with the following arguments::
 
     load_tests(loader, standard_tests, pattern)
 
@@ -2087,6 +2093,11 @@ continue (and potentially modify) test discovery. A 'do nothing'
         standard_tests.addTests(package_tests)
         return standard_tests
 
+.. versionchanged:: 3.5
+   Discovery no longer checks package names for matching *pattern* due to the
+   impossibility of package names matching the default pattern.
+
+
 
 Class and Module Fixtures
 -------------------------

Lib/unittest/loader.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import traceback
 import types
 import functools
+import warnings
 
 from fnmatch import fnmatch
 
@@ -70,8 +71,27 @@ def loadTestsFromTestCase(self, testCaseClass):
         loaded_suite = self.suiteClass(map(testCaseClass, testCaseNames))
         return loaded_suite
 
-    def loadTestsFromModule(self, module, use_load_tests=True):
+    # XXX After Python 3.5, remove backward compatibility hacks for
+    # use_load_tests deprecation via *args and **kws.  See issue 16662.
+    def loadTestsFromModule(self, module, *args, pattern=None, **kws):
         """Return a suite of all tests cases contained in the given module"""
+        # This method used to take an undocumented and unofficial
+        # use_load_tests argument.  For backward compatibility, we still
+        # accept the argument (which can also be the first position) but we
+        # ignore it and issue a deprecation warning if it's present.
+        if len(args) == 1 or 'use_load_tests' in kws:
+            warnings.warn('use_load_tests is deprecated and ignored',
+                          DeprecationWarning)
+            kws.pop('use_load_tests', None)
+        if len(args) > 1:
+            raise TypeError('loadTestsFromModule() takes 1 positional argument but {} were given'.format(len(args)))
+        if len(kws) != 0:
+            # Since the keyword arguments are unsorted (see PEP 468), just
+            # pick the alphabetically sorted first argument to complain about,
+            # if multiple were given.  At least the error message will be
+            # predictable.
+            complaint = sorted(kws)[0]
+            raise TypeError("loadTestsFromModule() got an unexpected keyword argument '{}'".format(complaint))
         tests = []
         for name in dir(module):
             obj = getattr(module, name)
@@ -80,9 +100,9 @@ def loadTestsFromModule(self, module, use_load_tests=True):
 
         load_tests = getattr(module, 'load_tests', None)
         tests = self.suiteClass(tests)
-        if use_load_tests and load_tests is not None:
+        if load_tests is not None:
             try:
-                return load_tests(self, tests, None)
+                return load_tests(self, tests, pattern)
             except Exception as e:
                 return _make_failed_load_tests(module.__name__, e,
                                                self.suiteClass)
@@ -325,34 +345,35 @@ def _find_tests(self, start_dir, pattern, namespace=False):
                         msg = ("%r module incorrectly imported from %r. Expected %r. "
                                "Is this module globally installed?")
                         raise ImportError(msg % (mod_name, module_dir, expected_dir))
-                    yield self.loadTestsFromModule(module)
+                    yield self.loadTestsFromModule(module, pattern=pattern)
             elif os.path.isdir(full_path):
                 if (not namespace and
                     not os.path.isfile(os.path.join(full_path, '__init__.py'))):
                     continue
 
                 load_tests = None
                 tests = None
-                if fnmatch(path, pattern):
-                    # only check load_tests if the package directory itself matches the filter
-                    name = self._get_name_from_path(full_path)
+                name = self._get_name_from_path(full_path)
+                try:
                     package = self._get_module_from_name(name)
+                except case.SkipTest as e:
+                    yield _make_skipped_test(name, e, self.suiteClass)
+                except:
+                    yield _make_failed_import_test(name, self.suiteClass)
+                else:
                     load_tests = getattr(package, 'load_tests', None)
-                    tests = self.loadTestsFromModule(package, use_load_tests=False)
-
-                if load_tests is None:
+                    tests = self.loadTestsFromModule(package, pattern=pattern)
                     if tests is not None:
                         # tests loaded from package file
                         yield tests
+
+                    if load_tests is not None:
+                        # loadTestsFromModule(package) has load_tests for us.
+                        continue
                     # recurse into the package
                     yield from self._find_tests(full_path, pattern,
                                                 namespace=namespace)
-                else:
-                    try:
-                        yield load_tests(self, tests, pattern)
-                    except Exception as e:
-                        yield _make_failed_load_tests(package.__name__, e,
-                                                      self.suiteClass)
+
 
 defaultTestLoader = TestLoader()