import os import unittest class TestBug105(unittest.TestCase): def test_load_in_def_order(self): from nose.loader import TestLoader where = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'support', 'bug105')) l = TestLoader() testmod = l.loadTestsFromDir(where).next() print testmod testmod.setUp() def fix(t): s = str(t) if ': ' in s: return s[s.index(': ')+2:] return s tests = map(fix, testmod) print tests self.assertEqual(tests, ['tests.test_z', 'tests.test_a', 'tests.test_dz', 'tests.test_mdz', 'tests.test_b']) if __name__ == '__main__': unittest.main()