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nosetests executing methods that not start with test

I wrote a nosetest class to test a particular method - test_method()

WHen I run this module I noticed nosetests ran the other methods as we well - create_test_private_method.

I thought nosetests will test only methods that starts with test_.

import unittest

class test(unittest.TestCase):

    def create_test_private_method(self):
        self.assertEqual(1,1)


    def test_method(self):
        self.assertEqual(2,2)

Output:

create_test_private_method (nosetest.test) ... ok
test_method (nosetest.test) ... ok

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Ran 2 tests in 0.009s

OK
Solution

  • From nosetests docs:

    Any python source file, directory or package that matches the testMatch regular expression (by default: (?:^|[b_.-])[Tt]est) will be collected as a test (or source for collection of tests).

    To avoid such a behavior you can