functionality for running unit tests

python/code/wypp/__init__.py

@@ -69,10 +69,11 @@ def record(cls=None, mutable=False, globals={}, locals={}):
 # Exported names not available for star imports (in alphabetic order)
 Lock = w.Lock
 LockFactory = w.LockFactory
+deepEq = w.deepEq
 initModule = w.initModule
 printTestResults = w.printTestResults
 resetTestCount = w.resetTestCount
-deepEq = w.deepEq
+runUnittests = w.runUnittests
 wrapTypecheck = w.wrapTypecheck
 WyppTypeError = w.WyppTypeError
 WyppAttributeError = w.WyppAttributeError

python/code/wypp/writeYourProgram.py

@@ -317,6 +317,16 @@ def impossible(msg=None):
         'Das Unmögliche ist passiert!'
     raise errors.ImpossibleError(msg)
 
+def runUnittests(scope: dict[str, Any]):
+    import unittest
+    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
+    loader = unittest.TestLoader()
+    for item in scope.values():
+        if isinstance(item, type) and issubclass(item, unittest.TestCase):
+            if item is not unittest.TestCase:
+                suite.addTest(loader.loadTestsFromTestCase(item))
+    unittest.TextTestRunner(verbosity=2).run(suite)
+
 # Additional functions and aliases
 
 import math as moduleMath