a module or a module name. If no argument is given, the calling module is used. A number of options may be provided as keyword arguments: setUp A set-up function. This is called before running the tests in each file. The setUp function will be passed a DocTest object. The setUp function can access the test globals as the globs attribute of the test passed. tearDown A tear-down function. This is called after running the tests in each file. The tearDown function will be passed a DocTest object. The tearDown function can access the test globals as the globs attribute of the test passed. globs A dictionary containing initial global variables for the tests. optionflags A set of doctest option flags expressed as an integer. NrN