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authorMichael Foord <fuzzyman@voidspace.org.uk>2010-02-18 20:30:09 +0000
committerMichael Foord <fuzzyman@voidspace.org.uk>2010-02-18 20:30:09 +0000
commit225a099fe500f4c3577b60ca657eb93a0cd1c735 (patch)
treef02998dee2a1831460a301afcbb42d77f5f6704e /Lib/unittest/util.py
parent456e1652cf63dfbd3b1d0af81af9582d204ddd02 (diff)
downloadcpython-git-225a099fe500f4c3577b60ca657eb93a0cd1c735.tar.gz
unittest.TestCase uses safe_repr for producing failure messages. Partial fix for issue 7956
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diff --git a/Lib/unittest/util.py b/Lib/unittest/util.py
index 2546e205e7..9fce625b1c 100644
--- a/Lib/unittest/util.py
+++ b/Lib/unittest/util.py
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
"""Various utility functions."""
+def safe_repr(obj):
+ try:
+ return repr(obj)
+ except Exception:
+ return object.__repr__(obj)
+
def strclass(cls):
return "%s.%s" % (cls.__module__, cls.__name__)