bpo-42934: use TracebackException(compact=True) in unittest.TestResult (GH-24221)

iritkatriel · web-flow · commit ba876c44a8d0 · 2021-01-15T07:59:44.000-08:00
diff --git a/Lib/unittest/result.py b/Lib/unittest/result.py
@@ -183,7 +183,8 @@ def _exc_info_to_string(self, err, test):
         else:
             length = None
         tb_e = traceback.TracebackException(
-            exctype, value, tb, limit=length, capture_locals=self.tb_locals)
+            exctype, value, tb,
+            limit=length, capture_locals=self.tb_locals, compact=True)
         msgLines = list(tb_e.format())
 
         if self.buffer:
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-01-15-11-48-00.bpo-42934.ILKoOI.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-01-15-11-48-00.bpo-42934.ILKoOI.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Use :class:`~traceback.TracebackException`'s new ``compact`` param in
+:class:`~unittest.TestResult` to reduce time and memory consumed by
+traceback formatting.

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	`1`	+Use :class:`~traceback.TracebackException`'s new ``compact`` param in
	`2`	+:class:`~unittest.TestResult` to reduce time and memory consumed by
	`3`	`+traceback formatting.`