Title: All tests in `test_bigmem.py` are skipped if `_testcapi` is not available · Issue #152168 · python/cpython · GitHub
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Description: Bug report Bug description: This line: cpython/Lib/test/test_bigmem.py Line 13 in a00464b _testcapi = import_helper.import_module('_testcapi') causes the entire test module to be skipped if _testcapi isn't available but, the only test re...
Open Graph Description: Bug report Bug description: This line: cpython/Lib/test/test_bigmem.py Line 13 in a00464b _testcapi = import_helper.import_module('_testcapi') causes the entire test module to be skipped if _testca...
X Description: Bug report Bug description: This line: cpython/Lib/test/test_bigmem.py Line 13 in a00464b _testcapi = import_helper.import_module('_testcapi') causes the entire test module to be skipped if...
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