Closes issue 11407. TestCase.run returns the result object used or created

Doc/library/unittest.rst

@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ Test cases
    Here, we create two instances of :class:`WidgetTestCase`, each of which runs a
    single test.
 
-   .. versionchanged::
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.2
       `TestCase` can be instantiated successfully without providing a method
       name. This makes it easier to experiment with `TestCase` from the
       interactive interpreter.
@@ -792,11 +792,14 @@ Test cases
       Run the test, collecting the result into the test result object passed as
       *result*.  If *result* is omitted or ``None``, a temporary result
       object is created (by calling the :meth:`defaultTestResult` method) and
-      used. The result object is not returned to :meth:`run`'s caller.
+      used. The result object is returned to :meth:`run`'s caller.
 
       The same effect may be had by simply calling the :class:`TestCase`
       instance.
 
+      .. versionchanged:: 3.3
+         Previous versions of ``run`` did not return the result. Neither did
+         calling an instance.
 
    .. method:: skipTest(reason)
 

Lib/unittest/case.py

@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ class TestCase(object):
                         warnings.warn("TestResult has no addExpectedFailure method, reporting as passes",
                                       RuntimeWarning)
                         result.addSuccess(self)
-
+            return result
         finally:
             result.stopTest(self)
             if orig_result is None:

Lib/unittest/test/test_case.py

@@ -386,27 +386,62 @@ class Test_TestCase(unittest.TestCase, TestEquality, TestHashing):
         self.assertIsInstance(Foo().id(), str)
 
 
-    # "If result is omitted or None, a temporary result object is created
+    # "If result is omitted or None, a temporary result object is created,
-    # and used, but is not made available to the caller. As TestCase owns the
+    # used, and is made available to the caller. As TestCase owns the
     # temporary result startTestRun and stopTestRun are called.
 
     def test_run__uses_defaultTestResult(self):
         events = []
+        defaultResult = LoggingResult(events)
 
         class Foo(unittest.TestCase):
             def test(self):
                 events.append('test')
 
             def defaultTestResult(self):
-                return LoggingResult(events)
+                return defaultResult
 
         # Make run() find a result object on its own
-        Foo('test').run()
+        result = Foo('test').run()
 
+        self.assertIs(result, defaultResult)
         expected = ['startTestRun', 'startTest', 'test', 'addSuccess',
             'stopTest', 'stopTestRun']
         self.assertEqual(events, expected)
 
+
+    # "The result object is returned to run's caller"
+    def test_run__returns_given_result(self):
+
+        class Foo(unittest.TestCase):
+            def test(self):
+                pass
+
+        result = unittest.TestResult()
+
+        retval = Foo('test').run(result)
+        self.assertIs(retval, result)
+
+
+    # "The same effect [as method run] may be had by simply calling the
+    # TestCase instance."
+    def test_call__invoking_an_instance_delegates_to_run(self):
+        resultIn = unittest.TestResult()
+        resultOut = unittest.TestResult()
+
+        class Foo(unittest.TestCase):
+            def test(self):
+                pass
+
+            def run(self, result):
+                self.assertIs(result, resultIn)
+                return resultOut
+
+        retval = Foo('test')(resultIn)
+
+        self.assertIs(retval, resultOut)
+
+
     def testShortDescriptionWithoutDocstring(self):
         self.assertIsNone(self.shortDescription())
 

Misc/ACKS

@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ Lynda Hardman
 Derek Harland
 Jason Harper
 Brian Harring
+Jonathan Hartley
 Larry Hastings
 Shane Hathaway
 Rycharde Hawkes

Misc/NEWS

@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #11407: `TestCase.run` returns the result object used or created.
+  Contributed by Janathan Hartley.
+
 - Issue #11500: Fixed a bug in the os x proxy bypass code for fully qualified 
   IP addresses in the proxy exception list.