fix unittest output to remove print of only object reference

pythonFiles/tests/unittestadapter/test_execution.py

@@ -202,6 +202,9 @@ def test_failed_tests():
         assert "outcome" in id_result
         assert id_result["outcome"] == "failure"
         assert "message" and "traceback" in id_result
+        assert "2 not greater than 3" in str(id_result["message"]) or "1 == 1" in str(
+            id_result["traceback"]
+        )
     assert True
 
 

pythonFiles/unittestadapter/execution.py

@@ -104,13 +104,18 @@ def formatResult(
         subtest: Union[unittest.TestCase, None] = None,
     ):
         tb = None
-        if error and error[2] is not None:
-            # Format traceback
+
+        message = ""
+        # error is a tuple of the form returned by sys.exc_info(): (type, value, traceback).
+        if error is not None:
+            try:
+                message = f"{error[0]} {error[1]}"
+            except Exception:
+                message = "Error occurred, unknown type or value"
             formatted = traceback.format_exception(*error)
+            tb = "".join(formatted)
             # Remove the 'Traceback (most recent call last)'
             formatted = formatted[1:]
-            tb = "".join(formatted)
-
         if subtest:
             test_id = subtest.id()
         else:
@@ -119,7 +124,7 @@ def formatResult(
         result = {
             "test": test.id(),
             "outcome": outcome,
-            "message": str(error),
+            "message": message,
             "traceback": tb,
             "subtest": subtest.id() if subtest else None,
         }