Shortened diff output for unified & context diffs

Lib/doctest.py

@@ -1618,13 +1618,13 @@ class OutputChecker:
             got_lines = [l+'\n' for l in got.split('\n')]
             # Use difflib to find their differences.
             if optionflags & UNIFIED_DIFF:
-                diff = difflib.unified_diff(want_lines, got_lines, n=2,
+                diff = difflib.unified_diff(want_lines, got_lines, n=2)
-                                            fromfile='Expected', tofile='Got')
+                diff = list(diff)[2:] # strip the diff header
-                kind = 'unified diff'
+                kind = 'unified diff with -expected +actual'
             elif optionflags & CONTEXT_DIFF:
-                diff = difflib.context_diff(want_lines, got_lines, n=2,
+                diff = difflib.context_diff(want_lines, got_lines, n=2)
-                                            fromfile='Expected', tofile='Got')
+                diff = list(diff)[2:] # strip the diff header
-                kind = 'context diff'
+                kind = 'context diff with expected followed by actual'
             elif optionflags & NDIFF_DIFF:
                 engine = difflib.Differ(charjunk=difflib.IS_CHARACTER_JUNK)
                 diff = list(engine.compare(want_lines, got_lines))

Lib/test/test_doctest.py

@@ -971,9 +971,7 @@ and actual outputs to be displayed using a unified diff:
     Line 2, in f
     Failed example:
         print '\n'.join('abcdefg')
-    Differences (unified diff):
+    Differences (unified diff with -expected +actual):
-        --- Expected
-        +++ Got
         @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
          a
         -B
@@ -998,9 +996,7 @@ and actual outputs to be displayed using a context diff:
     Line 2, in f
     Failed example:
         print '\n'.join('abcdefg')
-    Differences (context diff):
+    Differences (context diff with expected followed by actual):
-        *** Expected
-        --- Got
         ***************
         *** 1,8 ****
           a