extras

extras is a set of extensions to the Python standard library, originally written to make the code within testtools cleaner, but now split out for general use outside of a testing context.

Documentation

pydoc extras is your friend. extras currently contains the following functions:

• try_import
• try_imports

Which do what their name suggests.

Licensing

This project is distributed under the MIT license and copyright is owned by the extras authors. See LICENSE for details.

Required Dependencies

• Python 3.7+

Bug reports and patches

Please report bugs using github issues at <https://github.com/testing-cabal/extras>. Patches can also be submitted via github. You can mail the authors directly via the mailing list testtools-dev@lists.launchpad.net. (Note that Launchpad discards email from unknown addresses - be sure to sign up for a Launchpad account before mailing the list, or your mail will be silently discarded).

History

extras used to be testtools.helpers, and was factored out when folk wanted to use it separately.

Thanks

• Martin Pool