"""Test cases for traceback module""" import unittest from test_support import run_unittest import traceback class TracebackCases(unittest.TestCase): # For now, a very minimal set of tests. I want to be sure that # formatting of SyntaxErrors works based on changes for 2.1. def get_exception_format(self, func, exc): try: func() except exc, value: return traceback.format_exception_only(exc, value) else: raise ValueError, "call did not raise exception" def syntax_error_with_caret(self): compile("def fact(x):\n\treturn x!\n", "?", "exec") def syntax_error_without_caret(self): # XXX why doesn't compile raise the same traceback? import badsyntax_nocaret def test_caret(self): err = self.get_exception_format(self.syntax_error_with_caret, SyntaxError) self.assert_(len(err) == 4) self.assert_("^" in err[2]) # third line has caret self.assert_(err[1].strip() == "return x!") def test_nocaret(self): err = self.get_exception_format(self.syntax_error_without_caret, SyntaxError) self.assert_(len(err) == 3) self.assert_(err[1].strip() == "[x for x in x] = x") def test_main(): run_unittest(TracebackCases) if __name__ == "__main__": test_main()