#17249: merge with 3.2.

Lib/test/test_capi.py

@@ -326,22 +326,13 @@ class SkipitemTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, _testcapi.parse_tuple_and_keywords,
                           (), {}, b'', [42])
 
-def test_main():
+@unittest.skipUnless(threading, 'Threading required for this test.')
-    support.run_unittest(CAPITest, TestPendingCalls,
+class TestThreadState(unittest.TestCase):
-                         Test6012, EmbeddingTest, SkipitemTest)
-
-    for name in dir(_testcapi):
-        if name.startswith('test_'):
-            test = getattr(_testcapi, name)
-            if support.verbose:
-                print("internal", name)
-            test()
 
+    @support.reap_threads
+    def test_thread_state(self):
         # some extra thread-state tests driven via _testcapi
-    def TestThreadState():
+        def target():
-        if support.verbose:
-            print("auto-thread-state")
-
             idents = []
 
             def callback():
@@ -351,17 +342,25 @@ def test_main():
             a = b = callback
             time.sleep(1)
             # Check our main thread is in the list exactly 3 times.
-        if idents.count(threading.get_ident()) != 3:
+            self.assertEqual(idents.count(threading.get_ident()), 3,
-            raise support.TestFailed(
                              "Couldn't find main thread correctly in the list")
 
-    if threading:
+        target()
-        import time
+        t = threading.Thread(target=target)
-        TestThreadState()
-        t = threading.Thread(target=TestThreadState)
         t.start()
         t.join()
 
 
+def test_main():
+    support.run_unittest(CAPITest, TestPendingCalls, Test6012,
+                         EmbeddingTest, SkipitemTest, TestThreadState)
+
+    for name in dir(_testcapi):
+        if name.startswith('test_'):
+            test = getattr(_testcapi, name)
+            if support.verbose:
+                print("internal", name)
+            test()
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()

Misc/NEWS

@@ -620,6 +620,8 @@ Extension Modules
 Tests
 -----
 
+- Issue #17249: convert a test in test_capi to use unittest and reap threads.
+
 - Issue #17041: Fix testing when Python is configured with the
   --without-doc-strings.