I think this has been fixed:

% cat mm.py 
import unittest

class TestStringMethods(unittest.TestCase):

    @unittest.expectedFailure
    def test_upper(self):
        self.assertEqual(2, 2)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    unittest.main()




% ./python.exe mm.py 
x
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 1 test in 0.001s

OK (expected failures=1)
iritkatriel@Irits-MBP cpython % vi mm.py          
iritkatriel@Irits-MBP cpython % ./python.exe mm.py
u
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 1 test in 0.000s

FAILED (unexpected successes=1)