pythongh-120388: Improve deprecation warning message, when test retur…

…ns non-None (python#120401)

Co-authored-by: Alex Waygood <alex.waygood@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com>

Lib/test/test_unittest/test_async_case.py

@@ -312,18 +312,21 @@ async def test3(self):
         self.assertIn('It is deprecated to return a value that is not None', str(w.warning))
         self.assertIn('test1', str(w.warning))
         self.assertEqual(w.filename, __file__)
+        self.assertIn("returned 'int'", str(w.warning))
 
         with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning) as w:
             Test('test2').run()
         self.assertIn('It is deprecated to return a value that is not None', str(w.warning))
         self.assertIn('test2', str(w.warning))
         self.assertEqual(w.filename, __file__)
+        self.assertIn("returned 'async_generator'", str(w.warning))
 
         with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning) as w:
             Test('test3').run()
         self.assertIn('It is deprecated to return a value that is not None', str(w.warning))
         self.assertIn('test3', str(w.warning))
         self.assertEqual(w.filename, __file__)
+        self.assertIn(f'returned {Nothing.__name__!r}', str(w.warning))
 
     def test_cleanups_interleave_order(self):
         events = []

Lib/test/test_unittest/test_case.py

@@ -325,18 +325,37 @@ def test3(self):
         self.assertIn('It is deprecated to return a value that is not None', str(w.warning))
         self.assertIn('test1', str(w.warning))
         self.assertEqual(w.filename, __file__)
+        self.assertIn("returned 'int'", str(w.warning))
 
         with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning) as w:
             Foo('test2').run()
         self.assertIn('It is deprecated to return a value that is not None', str(w.warning))
         self.assertIn('test2', str(w.warning))
         self.assertEqual(w.filename, __file__)
+        self.assertIn("returned 'generator'", str(w.warning))
 
         with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning) as w:
             Foo('test3').run()
         self.assertIn('It is deprecated to return a value that is not None', str(w.warning))
         self.assertIn('test3', str(w.warning))
         self.assertEqual(w.filename, __file__)
+        self.assertIn(f'returned {Nothing.__name__!r}', str(w.warning))
+
+    def test_deprecation_of_return_val_from_test_async_method(self):
+        class Foo(unittest.TestCase):
+            async def test1(self):
+                return 1
+
+        with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning) as w:
+            Foo('test1').run()
+        self.assertIn('It is deprecated to return a value that is not None', str(w.warning))
+        self.assertIn('test1', str(w.warning))
+        self.assertEqual(w.filename, __file__)
+        self.assertIn("returned 'coroutine'", str(w.warning))
+        self.assertIn(
+            'Maybe you forgot to use IsolatedAsyncioTestCase as the base class?',
+            str(w.warning),
+        )
 
     def _check_call_order__subtests(self, result, events, expected_events):
         class Foo(Test.LoggingTestCase):

Lib/unittest/async_case.py

@@ -90,9 +90,13 @@ def _callSetUp(self):
         self._callAsync(self.asyncSetUp)
 
     def _callTestMethod(self, method):
-        if self._callMaybeAsync(method) is not None:
-            warnings.warn(f'It is deprecated to return a value that is not None from a '
-                          f'test case ({method})', DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=4)
+        result = self._callMaybeAsync(method)
+        if result is not None:
+            msg = (
+                f'It is deprecated to return a value that is not None '
+                f'from a test case ({method} returned {type(result).__name__!r})',
+            )
+            warnings.warn(msg, DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=4)
 
     def _callTearDown(self):
         self._callAsync(self.asyncTearDown)

Lib/unittest/case.py

@@ -603,9 +603,18 @@ def _callSetUp(self):
         self.setUp()
 
     def _callTestMethod(self, method):
-        if method() is not None:
-            warnings.warn(f'It is deprecated to return a value that is not None from a '
-                          f'test case ({method})', DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=3)
+        result = method()
+        if result is not None:
+            import inspect
+            msg = (
+                f'It is deprecated to return a value that is not None '
+                f'from a test case ({method} returned {type(result).__name__!r})'
+            )
+            if inspect.iscoroutine(result):
+                msg += (
+                    '. Maybe you forgot to use IsolatedAsyncioTestCase as the base class?'
+                )
+            warnings.warn(msg, DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=3)
 
     def _callTearDown(self):
         self.tearDown()

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-06-12-15-07-58.gh-issue-120388.VuTQMT.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Improve a warning message when a test method in :mod:`unittest` returns
+something other than ``None``. Now we show the returned object type and
+optional asyncio-related tip.