How can I make it so unit tests in Python (using unittest) are run in the order in which they are specified in the file?
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How can I make it so unit tests in Python (using unittest) are run in the order in which they are specified in the file?
You can change the default sorting behavior by setting a custom comparison function. In unittest.py you can find the class variable
unittest.TestLoader.sortTestMethodsUsingwhich is set to the builtin functioncmpby default.For example you can revert the execution order of your tests with doing this: