Issue #8531: Skip test_ascii_formatd if ctypes module is missing

Lib/test/test_ascii_formatd.py

@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 # Test that it works, and test that it's deprecated.
 
 import unittest
-from test.support import check_warnings, run_unittest, cpython_only
+from test.support import check_warnings, run_unittest, cpython_only, import_module
+
+import_module('ctypes')
 
 class FormatDeprecationTests(unittest.TestCase):
 

Misc/NEWS

@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ Build
 Tests
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+- Issue #8531: Skip test_ascii_formatd if ctypes module is missing
+
 - Issue #3864: Skip three test_signal tests on freebsd6 because they fail
   if any thread was previously started, most likely due to a platform bug.