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| From | Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Subject | Re: Sphinx Doctest: test the code without comparing the output. |
| Date | 2013-09-23 13:42 +0000 |
| Organization | Norwich University |
| Message-ID | <baauplFmluiU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
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On 2013-09-22, Luca Cerone <luca.cerone@gmail.com> wrote:
> I understand your point, but now I am not writing unit tests to
> check the correctness of the code. I am only writing a tutorial
> and assuming that the code is correct. What I have to be sure
> is that the code in the tutorial can be executed correctly, and
> some commands print verbose output which can change.
>
> It is not enough to write >>> ignore = function(a,b,c) won't
> work because the function still prints messages on screen and
> this causes the failure of the test...
It won't be very good documenation any more but nothing stops you
from examining the result in the next doctest and making yourself
happy about it.
>>> x = input("indeterminate:")
>>> result = "'{}'".format(x))
>>> result.startswith("'") and result.endswith("'")
True
--
Neil Cerutti
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Sphinx Doctest: test the code without comparing the output. Luca Cerone <luca.cerone@gmail.com> - 2013-09-21 03:47 -0700
Re: Sphinx Doctest: test the code without comparing the output. Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-09-21 12:27 +0000
Re: Sphinx Doctest: test the code without comparing the output. Luca Cerone <luca.cerone@gmail.com> - 2013-09-21 05:44 -0700
Re: Sphinx Doctest: test the code without comparing the output. Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-09-21 15:48 +0000
Re: Sphinx Doctest: test the code without comparing the output. Luca Cerone <luca.cerone@gmail.com> - 2013-09-21 09:25 -0700
Re: Sphinx Doctest: test the code without comparing the output. Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-09-22 11:33 +1000
Re: Sphinx Doctest: test the code without comparing the output. Luca Cerone <luca.cerone@gmail.com> - 2013-09-21 21:09 -0700
Re: Sphinx Doctest: test the code without comparing the output. Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-09-22 14:25 +1000
Re: Sphinx Doctest: test the code without comparing the output. Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2013-09-22 09:39 -0400
Re: Sphinx Doctest: test the code without comparing the output. Luca Cerone <luca.cerone@gmail.com> - 2013-09-22 07:26 -0700
Re: Sphinx Doctest: test the code without comparing the output. Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-09-23 00:36 +0000
Re: Sphinx Doctest: test the code without comparing the output. Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-09-22 02:38 +0000
Re: Sphinx Doctest: test the code without comparing the output. Luca Cerone <luca.cerone@gmail.com> - 2013-09-21 21:15 -0700
Re: Sphinx Doctest: test the code without comparing the output. Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-09-22 12:12 +0000
Re: Sphinx Doctest: test the code without comparing the output. Luca Cerone <luca.cerone@gmail.com> - 2013-09-22 07:24 -0700
Re: Sphinx Doctest: test the code without comparing the output. Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-09-23 13:42 +0000
Re: Sphinx Doctest: test the code without comparing the output. Luca Cerone <luca.cerone@gmail.com> - 2013-09-23 07:45 -0700
Re: Sphinx Doctest: test the code without comparing the output. Luca Cerone <luca.cerone@gmail.com> - 2013-09-23 07:51 -0700
Re: Sphinx Doctest: test the code without comparing the output. Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> - 2013-09-23 10:14 -0500
Re: Sphinx Doctest: test the code without comparing the output. Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-09-23 16:44 +0000
Re: Sphinx Doctest: test the code without comparing the output. Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-09-23 16:53 +0000
Re: Sphinx Doctest: test the code without comparing the output. Luca Cerone <luca.cerone@gmail.com> - 2013-09-23 11:54 -0700
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