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Re: Is it possible to get string from function?

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On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote:
>> But you might be able to shortcut it enormously. You say the strings
>> are "about 2500 characters long, hex-encoded". What are the chances of
>> having another constant, somewhere in the test function, that also
>> happens to be roughly that long and hex-encoded?
>
> The chances are exactly zero.
>
>> If the answer is "practically zero", then skip the code, skip
>> co_names, and just look through co_consts.
>
> That sounds like it should work, thanks!
>
>> Of course, this whole theory goes out the
>> window if your test functions can reference another test's RECEIPT;
>
> No, they don't do that.

Awesome! Makes it easy then.

ChrisA

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Is it possible to get string from function? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-01-15 22:46 -0500
  Dynamic generation of test cases for each input datum (was: Is it possible to get string from function?) Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-01-16 16:02 +1100
    Re: Dynamic generation of test cases for each input datum (was: Is it possible to get string from function?) Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-01-16 00:09 -0500
  Re: Is it possible to get string from function? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-01-16 16:25 +1100
    Re: Is it possible to get string from function? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-01-16 00:40 -0500
      Re: Is it possible to get string from function? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-01-16 16:47 +1100
  Re: Is it possible to get string from function? Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2014-01-16 07:16 +0000
    Re: Is it possible to get string from function? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-01-16 09:30 -0500
  Re: Is it possible to get string from function? Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2014-01-16 09:52 +0100

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