From: Ben Darnell <ben@bendarnell.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 19:45:14 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: testing: Clarify docs of testing.main()
X-Git-Tag: v4.5.0~36^2~3
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e793ff895387da1b8c1ad1aa38a99348fae96bcf;p=thirdparty%2Ftornado.git

testing: Clarify docs of testing.main()
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diff --git a/tornado/testing.py b/tornado/testing.py
index 902bfdfca..1509f608f 100644
--- a/tornado/testing.py
+++ b/tornado/testing.py
@@ -656,7 +656,9 @@ def main(**kwargs):
 
     This test runner is essentially equivalent to `unittest.main` from
     the standard library, but adds support for tornado-style option
-    parsing and log formatting.
+    parsing and log formatting. It is *not* necessary to use this
+    `main` function to run tests using `AsyncTestCase`; these tests
+    are self-contained and can run with any test runner.
 
     The easiest way to run a test is via the command line::