def setup_module(module): module.TestStateFullThing.classcount = 0 class TestStateFullThing: def setup_class(cls): cls.classcount += 1 def teardown_class(cls): cls.classcount -= 1 def setup_method(self, method): self.id = eval(method.__name__[5:]) def test_42(self): assert self.classcount == 1 assert self.id == 42 def test_23(self): assert self.classcount == 1 assert self.id == 23 def teardown_module(module): assert module.TestStateFullThing.classcount == 0 """ For this example the control flow happens as follows:: import test_setup_flow_example setup_module(test_setup_flow_example) setup_class(TestStateFullThing) instance = TestStateFullThing() setup_method(instance, instance.test_42) instance.test_42() setup_method(instance, instance.test_23) instance.test_23() teardown_class(TestStateFullThing) teardown_module(test_setup_flow_example) Note that ``setup_class(TestStateFullThing)`` is called and not ``TestStateFullThing.setup_class()`` which would require you to insert ``setup_class = classmethod(setup_class)`` to make your setup function callable. """