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authorTerry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>2018-05-22 14:34:18 -0400
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2018-05-22 14:34:18 -0400
commit32adddb65e6c7ba482812bddf8e87fe58ee4bcc4 (patch)
tree4518de1b20d1f09eab3de04f3b06fe3a9bf9b1da /Lib/test/test_idle.py
parent2baee0aa77055755ac50e92e64bbccfea4108621 (diff)
downloadcpython-git-32adddb65e6c7ba482812bddf8e87fe58ee4bcc4.tar.gz
[3.6] Improve comments in test_idle.py. (GH-7057) (GH-7060)
(cherry picked from commit 2a6d5da)
Diffstat (limited to 'Lib/test/test_idle.py')
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_idle.py16
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_idle.py b/Lib/test/test_idle.py
index da05da50f3..6db1f11f2b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_idle.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_idle.py
@@ -1,19 +1,23 @@
import unittest
from test.support import import_module
-# Skip test if _thread or _tkinter wasn't built, if idlelib is missing,
-# or if tcl/tk is not the 8.5+ needed for ttk widgets.
-import_module('threading') # imported by PyShell, imports _thread
+# For 3.6, skip test_idle if threads are not supported.
+import_module('threading') # Imported by PyShell, imports _thread.
+
+# Skip test_idle if _tkinter wasn't built, if tkinter is missing,
+# if tcl/tk is not the 8.5+ needed for ttk widgets,
+# or if idlelib is missing (not installed).
tk = import_module('tkinter') # imports _tkinter
if tk.TkVersion < 8.5:
raise unittest.SkipTest("IDLE requires tk 8.5 or later.")
idlelib = import_module('idlelib')
-# Before test imports, tell IDLE to avoid changing the environment.
+# Before importing and executing more of idlelib,
+# tell IDLE to avoid changing the environment.
idlelib.testing = True
-# unittest.main and test.libregrtest.runtest.runtest_inner
-# call load_tests, when present, to discover tests to run.
+# Unittest.main and test.libregrtest.runtest.runtest_inner
+# call load_tests, when present here, to discover tests to run.
from idlelib.idle_test import load_tests
if __name__ == '__main__':