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Re: Add if...else... switch to doctest?

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David <zhushenli@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello, how to add if...else... switch to doctest?
> E.g. function outputs different value when global_var change.
> 
> """
> if (global_var == True):
>>>> function()
> [1,2]
> else:
>>>> function()
> [1,2,3]
> """
> 
> Thank you very much.

One other case the other replies don't seem to have covered:

If the global variable is determined by the environment, outside your 
control, and by implication doesn't change while your program is running, 
then you should use two separate functions:

if sys.platform=='win32':
    def function():
        """
        >>> function()
        [1, 2]
        """
        return [1, 2]

else:
    def function():
        """
        >>> function()
        [1, 2, 3]
        """
        return [1, 2, 3]
    
and if it's more than one such function use separate modules.

-- 
Duncan Booth http://kupuguy.blogspot.com

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Add if...else...  switch to doctest? David <zhushenli@gmail.com> - 2012-10-18 17:08 -0700
  Re: Add if...else...  switch to doctest? Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2012-10-19 12:29 +1100
  Re: Add if...else...  switch to doctest? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-10-18 21:31 -0400
  Re: Add if...else...  switch to doctest? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-10-19 01:57 +0000
  Re: Add if...else...  switch to doctest? Duncan Booth <duncan.booth@invalid.invalid> - 2012-10-19 09:27 +0000

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