fix for #189

Author: dnozay

tests/testsuite.py

@@ -50,6 +50,20 @@ def validate_junit_report(text):
     JUnitSchema.assertValid(document)
 
 
+class TestCaseSubclassWithNoSuper(unittest.TestCase):
+    def __init__(self, description):
+        # no super, see #189
+        pass
+
+    def run(self, result):
+        result = _XMLTestResult()
+        result.startTest(self)
+        result.stopTest(self)
+
+    def test_something(self):
+        pass
+
+
 class DoctestTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_doctest_example(self):

xmlrunner/result.py

@@ -271,8 +271,8 @@ def startTest(self, test):
                 # Handle partial and partialmethod objects.
                 test_method = getattr(test_method, 'func', test_method)
                 _, self.lineno = inspect.getsourcelines(test_method)
-        except TypeError:
-            # issue #188, some frameworks can make test method opaque.
+        except (AttributeError, TypeError):
+            # issue #188, #189, some frameworks can make test method opaque.
             pass
 
         if self.showAll: