Remove direct uses of checkIsActive, replace with helper methods This makes _checkIsActive a lot easier to understand, and makes the access checkers involved a lot more explicit. Patch by: Sverre Rabbelier

#!/bin/sh
NOSE_WITH_DOCTEST=t
export NOSE_WITH_DOCTEST
NOSE_DOCTEST_EXTENSION=txt
export NOSE_DOCTEST_EXTENSION
#NOSE_DETAILED_ERRORS=t
#export NOSE_DETAILED_ERRORS
nosetests $*