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Re: annoying doctest problem

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Date Mon, 12 Jan 2015 12:15:23 -0600
Subject Re: annoying doctest problem
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On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 7:00 AM, Steven D'Aprano <
steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:

> I didn't mean to give the impression that doctest was wrong to be fussy, or
> dumb if you prefer. I think it's exactly the right behaviour.
>

I wasn't actually concerned that Steven might have misunderstood how
doctest works, just that other less experienced programmers might interpret
his statement as suggesting that doctest's comparisons were somehow wrong
or might be made less "fussy". That word suggests to me that there is some
sort of critical evaluation by the fussy party going on (doctest, in this
case), when there is none. Which is why I chose the word "dumb."

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  Re: annoying doctest problem gordianknot1981@gmail.com - 2015-01-11 20:30 -0800
  Re: annoying doctest problem Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-01-12 05:24 +0000
    Re: annoying doctest problem Skip Montanaro <skip.montanaro@gmail.com> - 2015-01-12 06:15 -0600
      Re: annoying doctest problem Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-01-13 00:00 +1100
        Re: annoying doctest problem Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-01-12 14:59 +0000
          Re: annoying doctest problem Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-01-13 02:58 +1100
            Re: annoying doctest problem Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-01-12 16:46 +0000
        Re: annoying doctest problem Skip Montanaro <skip.montanaro@gmail.com> - 2015-01-12 12:15 -0600
    Re: annoying doctest problem Skip Montanaro <skip.montanaro@gmail.com> - 2015-01-12 06:32 -0600
  Re: annoying doctest problem Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2015-01-12 10:47 -0500
    Re: annoying doctest problem gordianknot1981@gmail.com - 2015-01-12 10:34 -0800

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