cpython/Lib/unittest/util.py

"""Various utility functions."""

def safe_repr(obj):
    try:
        return repr(obj)
    except Exception:
        return object.__repr__(obj)

def strclass(cls):
    return "%s.%s" % (cls.__module__, cls.__name__)

def sorted_list_difference(expected, actual):
    """Finds elements in only one or the other of two, sorted input lists.

    Returns a two-element tuple of lists.    The first list contains those
    elements in the "expected" list but not in the "actual" list, and the
    second contains those elements in the "actual" list but not in the
    "expected" list.    Duplicate elements in either input list are ignored.
    """
    i = j = 0
    missing = []
    unexpected = []
    while True:
        try:
            e = expected[i]
            a = actual[j]
            if e < a:
                missing.append(e)
                i += 1
                while expected[i] == e:
                    i += 1
            elif e > a:
                unexpected.append(a)
                j += 1
                while actual[j] == a:
                    j += 1
            else:
                i += 1
                try:
                    while expected[i] == e:
                        i += 1
                finally:
                    j += 1
                    while actual[j] == a:
                        j += 1
        except IndexError:
            missing.extend(expected[i:])
            unexpected.extend(actual[j:])
            break
    return missing, unexpected