tests: Remove compatibility code for Python < 3.5.

Signed-off-by: Anders Kaseorg <anders@zulip.com>

tools/tests/test_zulint_custom_rules.py

@@ -48,25 +48,15 @@ class TestRuleList(TestCase):
         for rule in self.all_rules:
             pattern = rule["pattern"]
             for line in rule.get("good_lines", []):
-                # create=True is superfluous when mocking built-ins in Python >= 3.5
-                with patch(
-                    "builtins.open",
-                    return_value=StringIO(line + "\n\n"),
-                    create=True,
-                    autospec=True,
-                ):
+                with patch("builtins.open", return_value=StringIO(line + "\n\n"), autospec=True):
                     self.assertFalse(
                         RuleList([], [rule]).custom_check_file("foo.bar", "baz", ""),
                         f"The pattern '{pattern}' matched the line '{line}' while it shouldn't.",
                     )
 
             for line in rule.get("bad_lines", []):
-                # create=True is superfluous when mocking built-ins in Python >= 3.5
                 with patch(
-                    "builtins.open",
-                    return_value=StringIO(line + "\n\n"),
-                    create=True,
-                    autospec=True,
+                    "builtins.open", return_value=StringIO(line + "\n\n"), autospec=True
                 ), patch("builtins.print"):
                     filename = list(rule.get("include_only", {"foo.bar"}))[0]
                     self.assertTrue(

zerver/lib/test_runner.py

@@ -326,15 +326,12 @@ class Runner(DiscoverRunner):
     def test_imports(
         self, test_labels: List[str], suite: Union[TestSuite, ParallelTestSuite]
     ) -> None:
-        prefix_old = "unittest.loader.ModuleImportFailure."  # Python <= 3.4
-        prefix_new = "unittest.loader._FailedTest."  # Python > 3.4
-        error_prefixes = [prefix_old, prefix_new]
+        prefix = "unittest.loader._FailedTest."
         for test_name in get_test_names(suite):
-            for prefix in error_prefixes:
             if test_name.startswith(prefix):
                 test_name = test_name[len(prefix) :]
                 for label in test_labels:
-                        # This code block is for Python 3.5 when test label is
+                    # This code block is for when a test label is
                     # directly provided, for example:
                     # ./tools/test-backend zerver.tests.test_alert_words.py
                     #
@@ -359,23 +356,7 @@ class Runner(DiscoverRunner):
         **kwargs: Any,
     ) -> int:
         self.setup_test_environment()
-        try:
         suite = self.build_suite(test_labels, extra_tests)
-        except AttributeError:
-            # We are likely to get here only when running tests in serial
-            # mode on Python 3.4 or lower.
-            # test_labels are always normalized to include the correct prefix.
-            # If we run the command with ./tools/test-backend test_alert_words,
-            # test_labels will be equal to ['zerver.tests.test_alert_words'].
-            for test_label in test_labels:
-                check_import_error(test_label)
-
-            # I think we won't reach this line under normal circumstances, but
-            # for some unforeseen scenario in which the AttributeError was not
-            # caused by an import error, let's re-raise the exception for
-            # debugging purposes.
-            raise
-
         self.test_imports(test_labels, suite)
         if self.parallel == 1:
             # We are running in serial mode so create the databases here.