See http://software-carpentry.org/blog/2010/08/a-question-about-nose/

tabletest.py

def tabletest(table):
    def decorator(func):
        def _inner():
            for args in table:
                yield tuple([func] + list(args))
        _inner.__name__ = 'test_'+func.__name__
        return _inner
    return decorator
    
table = [(1, 2), (3, 4)]

@tabletest(table)
def check_pair(left, right):
    assert left > right