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| Date | 2013-09-22 09:39 -0400 |
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| From | Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> |
| Subject | Re: Sphinx Doctest: test the code without comparing the output. |
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On 9/22/13 12:09 AM, Luca Cerone wrote: > Hi Chris, > actually my priority is to check that the code is correct. I changed the syntax > during the development, and I want to be sure that my tutorial is up to date. > If you do manage to ignore the output, how will you know that the syntax is correct? The output for an incorrect syntax line will be an exception, which you'll ignore. Maybe I don't know enough about the details of doctest. It's always seemed incredibly limited to me. Essentially, it's as if you used unittest but the only assertion you're allowed to make is self.assertEqual(str(X), "....") --Ned.
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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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