whatsnew: doctest finds tests in extension modules (#3158)

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R David Murray 2014-03-11 15:10:53 -04:00
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@ -745,6 +745,9 @@ new options, ``-o`` and ``-f``. ``-o`` allows :ref:`doctest options
shorthand for ``-o FAIL_FAST`` (to parallel the similar option supported by the
:mod:`unittest` CLI). (Contributed by R. David Murray in :issue:`11390`.)
:mod:`doctest` will now find doctests in extension module ``__doc__`` strings.
(Contributed by Zachary Ware in :issue:`3158`.)
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@ -2398,6 +2401,11 @@ Changes in the Python API
will matter only if you have tests that are doing white-space-sensitive
comparisons of such output (:issue:`16333`).
* :mod:`doctest` now looks for doctests in extension module ``__doc__``
strings, so if your doctest test discovery includes extension modules that
have things that look like doctests in them you may see test failures you've
never seen before when running your tests (:issue:`3158`).
Changes in the C API
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