""" Test script for doctest. """ from test import test_support import doctest ###################################################################### ## Sample Objects (used by test cases) ###################################################################### def sample_func(v): """ Blah blah >>> print sample_func(22) 44 Yee ha! """ return v+v class SampleClass: """ >>> print 1 1 """ def __init__(self, val): """ >>> print SampleClass(12).get() 12 """ self.val = val def double(self): """ >>> print SampleClass(12).double().get() 24 """ return SampleClass(self.val + self.val) def get(self): """ >>> print SampleClass(-5).get() -5 """ return self.val def a_staticmethod(v): """ >>> print SampleClass.a_staticmethod(10) 11 """ return v+1 a_staticmethod = staticmethod(a_staticmethod) def a_classmethod(cls, v): """ >>> print SampleClass.a_classmethod(10) 12 >>> print SampleClass(0).a_classmethod(10) 12 """ return v+2 a_classmethod = classmethod(a_classmethod) a_property = property(get, doc=""" >>> print SampleClass(22).a_property 22 """) class NestedClass: """ >>> x = SampleClass.NestedClass(5) >>> y = x.square() >>> print y.get() 25 """ def __init__(self, val=0): """ >>> print SampleClass.NestedClass().get() 0 """ self.val = val def square(self): return SampleClass.NestedClass(self.val*self.val) def get(self): return self.val class SampleNewStyleClass(object): r""" >>> print '1\n2\n3' 1 2 3 """ def __init__(self, val): """ >>> print SampleNewStyleClass(12).get() 12 """ self.val = val def double(self): """ >>> print SampleNewStyleClass(12).double().get() 24 """ return SampleNewStyleClass(self.val + self.val) def get(self): """ >>> print SampleNewStyleClass(-5).get() -5 """ return self.val ###################################################################### ## Test Cases ###################################################################### def test_Example(): r""" Unit tests for the `Example` class. Example is a simple container class that holds a source code string, an expected output string, and a line number (within the docstring): >>> example = doctest.Example('print 1', '1\n', 0) >>> (example.source, example.want, example.lineno) ('print 1', '1\n', 0) The `source` string should end in a newline iff the source spans more than one line: >>> # Source spans a single line: no terminating newline. >>> e = doctest.Example('print 1', '1\n', 0) >>> e = doctest.Example('print 1\n', '1\n', 0) Traceback (most recent call last): AssertionError: source must end with newline iff source contains more than one line >>> # Source spans multiple lines: require terminating newline. >>> e = doctest.Example('print 1;\nprint 2\n', '1\n2\n', 0) >>> e = doctest.Example('print 1;\nprint 2', '1\n2\n', 0) Traceback (most recent call last): AssertionError: source must end with newline iff source contains more than one line The `want` string should be terminated by a newline, unless it's the empty string: >>> e = doctest.Example('print 1', '1\n', 0) >>> e = doctest.Example('print 1', '1', 0) Traceback (most recent call last): AssertionError: non-empty want must end with newline >>> e = doctest.Example('print', '', 0) """ def test_DocTest(): r""" Unit tests for the `DocTest` class. DocTest is a collection of examples, extracted from a docstring, along with information about where the docstring comes from (a name, filename, and line number). The docstring is parsed by the `DocTest` constructor: >>> docstring = ''' ... >>> print 12 ... 12 ... ... Non-example text. ... ... >>> print 'another\example' ... another ... example ... ''' >>> globs = {} # globals to run the test in. >>> test = doctest.DocTest(docstring, globs, 'some_test', 'some_file', 20) >>> print test >>> len(test.examples) 2 >>> e1, e2 = test.examples >>> (e1.source, e1.want, e1.lineno) ('print 12', '12\n', 1) >>> (e2.source, e2.want, e2.lineno) ("print 'another\\example'", 'another\nexample\n', 6) Source information (name, filename, and line number) is available as attributes on the doctest object: >>> (test.name, test.filename, test.lineno) ('some_test', 'some_file', 20) The line number of an example within its containing file is found by adding the line number of the example and the line number of its containing test: >>> test.lineno + e1.lineno 21 >>> test.lineno + e2.lineno 26 If the docstring contains inconsistant leading whitespace in the expected output of an example, then `DocTest` will raise a ValueError: >>> docstring = r''' ... >>> print 'bad\nindentation' ... bad ... indentation ... ''' >>> doctest.DocTest(docstring, globs, 'some_test', 'filename', 0) Traceback (most recent call last): ValueError: line 3 of the docstring for some_test has inconsistent leading whitespace: ' indentation' If the docstring contains inconsistent leading whitespace on continuation lines, then `DocTest` will raise a ValueError: >>> docstring = r''' ... >>> print ('bad indentation', ... ... 2) ... ('bad', 'indentation') ... ''' >>> doctest.DocTest(docstring, globs, 'some_test', 'filename', 0) Traceback (most recent call last): ValueError: line 2 of the docstring for some_test has inconsistent leading whitespace: ' ... 2)' If there's no blank space after a PS1 prompt ('>>>'), then `DocTest` will raise a ValueError: >>> docstring = '>>>print 1\n1' >>> doctest.DocTest(docstring, globs, 'some_test', 'filename', 0) Traceback (most recent call last): ValueError: line 0 of the docstring for some_test lacks blank after >>>: '>>>print 1' """ # [XX] test that it's getting line numbers right. def test_DocTestFinder(): r""" Unit tests for the `DocTestFinder` class. DocTestFinder is used to extract DocTests from an object's docstring and the docstrings of its contained objects. It can be used with modules, functions, classes, methods, staticmethods, classmethods, and properties. Finding Tests in Functions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For a function whose docstring contains examples, DocTestFinder.find() will return a single test (for that function's docstring): >>> # Allow ellipsis in the following examples (since the filename >>> # and line number in the traceback can vary): >>> doctest: +ELLIPSIS >>> finder = doctest.DocTestFinder() >>> tests = finder.find(sample_func) >>> print tests [] >>> e = tests[0].examples[0] >>> print (e.source, e.want, e.lineno) ('print sample_func(22)', '44\n', 3) >>> doctest: -ELLIPSIS # Turn ellipsis back off If an object has no docstring, then a test is not created for it: >>> def no_docstring(v): ... pass >>> finder.find(no_docstring) [] If the function has a docstring with no examples, then a test with no examples is returned. (This lets `DocTestRunner` collect statistics about which functions have no tests -- but is that useful? And should an empty test also be created when there's no docstring?) >>> def no_examples(v): ... ''' no doctest examples ''' >>> finder.find(no_examples) [] Finding Tests in Classes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For a class, DocTestFinder will create a test for the class's docstring, and will recursively explore its contents, including methods, classmethods, staticmethods, properties, and nested classes. >>> finder = doctest.DocTestFinder() >>> tests = finder.find(SampleClass) >>> tests.sort() >>> for t in tests: ... print '%2s %s' % (len(t.examples), t.name) 1 SampleClass 3 SampleClass.NestedClass 1 SampleClass.NestedClass.__init__ 1 SampleClass.__init__ 2 SampleClass.a_classmethod 1 SampleClass.a_property 1 SampleClass.a_staticmethod 1 SampleClass.double 1 SampleClass.get New-style classes are also supported: >>> tests = finder.find(SampleNewStyleClass) >>> tests.sort() >>> for t in tests: ... print '%2s %s' % (len(t.examples), t.name) 1 SampleNewStyleClass 1 SampleNewStyleClass.__init__ 1 SampleNewStyleClass.double 1 SampleNewStyleClass.get Finding Tests in Modules ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For a module, DocTestFinder will create a test for the class's docstring, and will recursively explore its contents, including functions, classes, and the `__test__` dictionary, if it exists: >>> # A module >>> import new >>> m = new.module('some_module') >>> def triple(val): ... ''' ... >>> print tripple(11) ... 33 ... ''' ... return val*3 >>> m.__dict__.update({ ... 'sample_func': sample_func, ... 'SampleClass': SampleClass, ... '__doc__': ''' ... Module docstring. ... >>> print 'module' ... module ... ''', ... '__test__': { ... 'd': '>>> print 6\n6\n>>> print 7\n7\n', ... 'c': triple}}) >>> finder = doctest.DocTestFinder() >>> # Use module=test.test_doctest, to prevent doctest from >>> # ignoring the objects since they weren't defined in m. >>> import test.test_doctest >>> tests = finder.find(m, module=test.test_doctest) >>> tests.sort() >>> for t in tests: ... print '%2s %s' % (len(t.examples), t.name) 1 some_module 1 some_module.SampleClass 3 some_module.SampleClass.NestedClass 1 some_module.SampleClass.NestedClass.__init__ 1 some_module.SampleClass.__init__ 2 some_module.SampleClass.a_classmethod 1 some_module.SampleClass.a_property 1 some_module.SampleClass.a_staticmethod 1 some_module.SampleClass.double 1 some_module.SampleClass.get 1 some_module.c 2 some_module.d 1 some_module.sample_func Duplicate Removal ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If a single object is listed twice (under different names), then tests will only be generated for it once: >>> class TwoNames: ... '''f() and g() are two names for the same method''' ... ... def f(self): ... ''' ... >>> print TwoNames().f() ... f ... ''' ... return 'f' ... ... g = f # define an alias for f. >>> finder = doctest.DocTestFinder() >>> tests = finder.find(TwoNames, ignore_imports=False) >>> tests.sort() >>> print len(tests) 2 >>> print tests[0].name TwoNames >>> print tests[1].name in ('TwoNames.f', 'TwoNames.g') True Filter Functions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Two filter functions can be used to restrict which objects get examined: a name-based filter and an object-based filter. >>> def namefilter(prefix, base): ... return base.startswith('a_') >>> tests = doctest.DocTestFinder(namefilter=namefilter).find(SampleClass) >>> tests.sort() >>> for t in tests: ... print '%2s %s' % (len(t.examples), t.name) 1 SampleClass 3 SampleClass.NestedClass 1 SampleClass.NestedClass.__init__ 1 SampleClass.__init__ 1 SampleClass.double 1 SampleClass.get >>> def objfilter(obj): ... return isinstance(obj, (staticmethod, classmethod)) >>> tests = doctest.DocTestFinder(objfilter=objfilter).find(SampleClass) >>> tests.sort() >>> for t in tests: ... print '%2s %s' % (len(t.examples), t.name) 1 SampleClass 3 SampleClass.NestedClass 1 SampleClass.NestedClass.__init__ 1 SampleClass.__init__ 1 SampleClass.a_property 1 SampleClass.double 1 SampleClass.get If a given object is filtered out, then none of the objects that it contains will be added either: >>> def namefilter(prefix, base): ... return base == 'NestedClass' >>> tests = doctest.DocTestFinder(namefilter=namefilter).find(SampleClass) >>> tests.sort() >>> for t in tests: ... print '%2s %s' % (len(t.examples), t.name) 1 SampleClass 1 SampleClass.__init__ 2 SampleClass.a_classmethod 1 SampleClass.a_property 1 SampleClass.a_staticmethod 1 SampleClass.double 1 SampleClass.get The filter functions apply to contained objects, and *not* to the object explicitly passed to DocTestFinder: >>> def namefilter(prefix, base): ... return base == 'SampleClass' >>> tests = doctest.DocTestFinder(namefilter=namefilter).find(SampleClass) >>> len(tests) 9 Turning off Recursion ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DocTestFinder can be told not to look for tests in contained objects using the `recurse` flag: >>> tests = doctest.DocTestFinder(recurse=False).find(SampleClass) >>> tests.sort() >>> for t in tests: ... print '%2s %s' % (len(t.examples), t.name) 1 SampleClass """ class test_DocTestRunner: def basics(): r""" Unit tests for the `DocTestRunner` class. DocTestRunner is used to run DocTest test cases, and to accumulate statistics. Here's a simple DocTest case we can use: >>> def f(x): ... ''' ... >>> x = 12 ... >>> print x ... 12 ... >>> x/2 ... 6 ... ''' >>> test = doctest.DocTestFinder().find(f)[0] The main DocTestRunner interface is the `run` method, which runs a given DocTest case in a given namespace (globs). It returns a tuple `(f,t)`, where `f` is the number of failed tests and `t` is the number of tried tests. >>> doctest.DocTestRunner(verbose=False).run(test) (0, 3) If any example produces incorrect output, then the test runner reports the failure and proceeds to the next example: >>> def f(x): ... ''' ... >>> x = 12 ... >>> print x ... 14 ... >>> x/2 ... 6 ... ''' >>> test = doctest.DocTestFinder().find(f)[0] >>> doctest.DocTestRunner(verbose=True).run(test) Trying: x = 12 Expecting: nothing ok Trying: print x Expecting: 14 ********************************************************************** Failure in example: print x from line #2 of f Expected: 14 Got: 12 Trying: x/2 Expecting: 6 ok (1, 3) """ def verbose_flag(): r""" The `verbose` flag makes the test runner generate more detailed output: >>> def f(x): ... ''' ... >>> x = 12 ... >>> print x ... 12 ... >>> x/2 ... 6 ... ''' >>> test = doctest.DocTestFinder().find(f)[0] >>> doctest.DocTestRunner(verbose=True).run(test) Trying: x = 12 Expecting: nothing ok Trying: print x Expecting: 12 ok Trying: x/2 Expecting: 6 ok (0, 3) If the `verbose` flag is unspecified, then the output will be verbose iff `-v` appears in sys.argv: >>> # Save the real sys.argv list. >>> old_argv = sys.argv >>> # If -v does not appear in sys.argv, then output isn't verbose. >>> sys.argv = ['test'] >>> doctest.DocTestRunner().run(test) (0, 3) >>> # If -v does appear in sys.argv, then output is verbose. >>> sys.argv = ['test', '-v'] >>> doctest.DocTestRunner().run(test) Trying: x = 12 Expecting: nothing ok Trying: print x Expecting: 12 ok Trying: x/2 Expecting: 6 ok (0, 3) >>> # Restore sys.argv >>> sys.argv = old_argv In the remaining examples, the test runner's verbosity will be explicitly set, to ensure that the test behavior is consistent. """ def exceptions(): r""" Tests of `DocTestRunner`'s exception handling. An expected exception is specified with a traceback message. The lines between the first line and the type/value may be omitted or replaced with any other string: >>> def f(x): ... ''' ... >>> x = 12 ... >>> print x/0 ... Traceback (most recent call last): ... ZeroDivisionError: integer division or modulo by zero ... ''' >>> test = doctest.DocTestFinder().find(f)[0] >>> doctest.DocTestRunner(verbose=False).run(test) (0, 2) An example may generate output before it raises an exception; if it does, then the output must match the expected output: >>> def f(x): ... ''' ... >>> x = 12 ... >>> print 'pre-exception output', x/0 ... pre-exception output ... Traceback (most recent call last): ... ZeroDivisionError: integer division or modulo by zero ... ''' >>> test = doctest.DocTestFinder().find(f)[0] >>> doctest.DocTestRunner(verbose=False).run(test) (0, 2) Exception messages may contain newlines: >>> def f(x): ... r''' ... >>> raise ValueError, 'multi\nline\nmessage' ... Traceback (most recent call last): ... ValueError: multi ... line ... message ... ''' >>> test = doctest.DocTestFinder().find(f)[0] >>> doctest.DocTestRunner(verbose=False).run(test) (0, 1) If an exception is expected, but an exception with the wrong type or message is raised, then it is reported as a failure: >>> def f(x): ... r''' ... >>> raise ValueError, 'message' ... Traceback (most recent call last): ... ValueError: wrong message ... ''' >>> test = doctest.DocTestFinder().find(f)[0] >>> doctest.DocTestRunner(verbose=False).run(test) ********************************************************************** Failure in example: raise ValueError, 'message' from line #1 of f Expected: Traceback (most recent call last): ValueError: wrong message Got: Traceback (most recent call last): ValueError: message (1, 1) If an exception is raised but not expected, then it is reported as an unexpected exception: >>> # Allow ellipsis in the following examples (since the filename >>> # and line number in the traceback can vary): >>> doctest: +ELLIPSIS >>> def f(x): ... r''' ... >>> 1/0 ... 0 ... ''' >>> test = doctest.DocTestFinder().find(f)[0] >>> doctest.DocTestRunner(verbose=False).run(test) ********************************************************************** Failure in example: 1/0 from line #1 of f Exception raised: Traceback (most recent call last): ... ZeroDivisionError: integer division or modulo by zero (1, 1) >>> doctest: -ELLIPSIS # Turn ellipsis back off: """ def optionflags(): r""" Tests of `DocTestRunner`'s option flag handling. Several option flags can be used to customize the behavior of the test runner. These are defined as module constants in doctest, and passed to the DocTestRunner constructor (multiple constants should be or-ed together). The DONT_ACCEPT_TRUE_FOR_1 flag disables matches between True/False and 1/0: >>> def f(x): ... '>>> True\n1\n' >>> # Without the flag: >>> test = doctest.DocTestFinder().find(f)[0] >>> doctest.DocTestRunner(verbose=False).run(test) (0, 1) >>> # With the flag: >>> test = doctest.DocTestFinder().find(f)[0] >>> flags = doctest.DONT_ACCEPT_TRUE_FOR_1 >>> doctest.DocTestRunner(verbose=False, optionflags=flags).run(test) ********************************************************************** Failure in example: True from line #0 of f Expected: 1 Got: True (1, 1) The DONT_ACCEPT_BLANKLINE flag disables the match between blank lines and the '' marker: >>> def f(x): ... '>>> print "a\\n\\nb"\na\n\nb\n' >>> # Without the flag: >>> test = doctest.DocTestFinder().find(f)[0] >>> doctest.DocTestRunner(verbose=False).run(test) (0, 1) >>> # With the flag: >>> test = doctest.DocTestFinder().find(f)[0] >>> flags = doctest.DONT_ACCEPT_BLANKLINE >>> doctest.DocTestRunner(verbose=False, optionflags=flags).run(test) ********************************************************************** Failure in example: print "a\n\nb" from line #0 of f Expected: a b Got: a b (1, 1) The NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE flag causes all sequences of whitespace to be treated as equal: >>> def f(x): ... '>>> print 1, 2, 3\n 1 2\n 3' >>> # Without the flag: >>> test = doctest.DocTestFinder().find(f)[0] >>> doctest.DocTestRunner(verbose=False).run(test) ********************************************************************** Failure in example: print 1, 2, 3 from line #0 of f Expected: 1 2 3 Got: 1 2 3 (1, 1) >>> # With the flag: >>> test = doctest.DocTestFinder().find(f)[0] >>> flags = doctest.NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE >>> doctest.DocTestRunner(verbose=False, optionflags=flags).run(test) (0, 1) The ELLIPSIS flag causes ellipsis marker ("...") in the expected output to match any substring in the actual output: >>> def f(x): ... '>>> print range(15)\n[0, 1, 2, ..., 14]\n' >>> # Without the flag: >>> test = doctest.DocTestFinder().find(f)[0] >>> doctest.DocTestRunner(verbose=False).run(test) ********************************************************************** Failure in example: print range(15) from line #0 of f Expected: [0, 1, 2, ..., 14] Got: [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14] (1, 1) >>> # With the flag: >>> test = doctest.DocTestFinder().find(f)[0] >>> flags = doctest.ELLIPSIS >>> doctest.DocTestRunner(verbose=False, optionflags=flags).run(test) (0, 1) The UNIFIED_DIFF flag causes failures that involve multi-line expected and actual outputs to be displayed using a unified diff: >>> def f(x): ... r''' ... >>> print '\n'.join('abcdefg') ... a ... B ... c ... d ... f ... g ... h ... ''' >>> # Without the flag: >>> test = doctest.DocTestFinder().find(f)[0] >>> doctest.DocTestRunner(verbose=False).run(test) ********************************************************************** Failure in example: print '\n'.join('abcdefg') from line #1 of f Expected: a B c d f g h Got: a b c d e f g (1, 1) >>> # With the flag: >>> test = doctest.DocTestFinder().find(f)[0] >>> flags = doctest.UNIFIED_DIFF >>> doctest.DocTestRunner(verbose=False, optionflags=flags).run(test) ********************************************************************** Failure in example: print '\n'.join('abcdefg') from line #1 of f Differences (unified diff): --- Expected +++ Got @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ a -B +b c d +e f g -h (1, 1) The CONTEXT_DIFF flag causes failures that involve multi-line expected and actual outputs to be displayed using a context diff: >>> # Reuse f() from the UNIFIED_DIFF example, above. >>> test = doctest.DocTestFinder().find(f)[0] >>> flags = doctest.CONTEXT_DIFF >>> doctest.DocTestRunner(verbose=False, optionflags=flags).run(test) ********************************************************************** Failure in example: print '\n'.join('abcdefg') from line #1 of f Differences (context diff): *** Expected --- Got *************** *** 1,8 **** a ! B c d f g - h --- 1,8 ---- a ! b c d + e f g (1, 1) """ def option_directives(): r""" Tests of `DocTestRunner`'s option directive mechanism. Option directives can be used to turn option flags on or off from within a DocTest case. The following example shows how a flag can be turned on and off. Note that comments on the same line as the option directive are ignored. >>> def f(x): r''' ... >>> print range(10) # Should fail: no ellipsis ... [0, 1, ..., 9] ... ... >>> doctest: +ELLIPSIS # turn ellipsis on. ... >>> print range(10) # Should succeed ... [0, 1, ..., 9] ... ... >>> doctest: -ELLIPSIS # turn ellipsis back off. ... >>> print range(10) # Should fail: no ellipsis ... [0, 1, ..., 9] ... ''' >>> test = doctest.DocTestFinder().find(f)[0] >>> doctest.DocTestRunner(verbose=False).run(test) ********************************************************************** Failure in example: print range(10) # Should fail: no ellipsis from line #1 of f Expected: [0, 1, ..., 9] Got: [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] ********************************************************************** Failure in example: print range(10) # Should fail: no ellipsis from line #9 of f Expected: [0, 1, ..., 9] Got: [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] (2, 3) Multiple flags can be toggled by a single option directive: >>> def f(x): r''' ... >>> print range(10) # Should fail ... [0, 1, ..., 9] ... >>> doctest: +ELLIPSIS +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE ... >>> print range(10) # Should succeed ... [0, 1, ..., 9] ... ''' >>> test = doctest.DocTestFinder().find(f)[0] >>> doctest.DocTestRunner(verbose=False).run(test) ********************************************************************** Failure in example: print range(10) # Should fail from line #1 of f Expected: [0, 1, ..., 9] Got: [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] (1, 2) """ def test_testsource(): r""" Unit tests for `testsource()`. The testsource() function takes a module and a name, finds the (first) test with that name in that module, and converts it to a script. The example code is converted to regular Python code. The surrounding words and expected output are converted to comments: >>> import test.test_doctest >>> name = 'test.test_doctest.sample_func' >>> print doctest.testsource(test.test_doctest, name) # Blah blah # print sample_func(22) # Expected: # 44 # # Yee ha! >>> name = 'test.test_doctest.SampleNewStyleClass' >>> print doctest.testsource(test.test_doctest, name) print '1\n2\n3' # Expected: # 1 # 2 # 3 >>> name = 'test.test_doctest.SampleClass.a_classmethod' >>> print doctest.testsource(test.test_doctest, name) print SampleClass.a_classmethod(10) # Expected: # 12 print SampleClass(0).a_classmethod(10) # Expected: # 12 """ def test_debug(): r""" Create a docstring that we want to debug: >>> s = ''' ... >>> x = 12 ... >>> print x ... 12 ... ''' Create some fake stdin input, to feed to the debugger: >>> import tempfile >>> fake_stdin = tempfile.TemporaryFile(mode='w+') >>> fake_stdin.write('\n'.join(['next', 'print x', 'continue', ''])) >>> fake_stdin.seek(0) >>> real_stdin = sys.stdin >>> sys.stdin = fake_stdin Run the debugger on the docstring, and then restore sys.stdin. >>> doctest: +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE >>> try: ... doctest.debug_src(s) ... finally: ... sys.stdin = real_stdin ... fake_stdin.close() > (1)?() (Pdb) 12 --Return-- > (1)?()->None (Pdb) 12 (Pdb) """ def test_DocTestSuite(): """DocTestSuite creates a unittest test suite from a doctest. We create a Suite by providing a module. A module can be provided by passing a module object: >>> import unittest >>> import test.sample_doctest >>> suite = doctest.DocTestSuite(test.sample_doctest) >>> suite.run(unittest.TestResult()) We can also supply the module by name: >>> suite = doctest.DocTestSuite('test.sample_doctest') >>> suite.run(unittest.TestResult()) We can use the current module: >>> suite = test.sample_doctest.test_suite() >>> suite.run(unittest.TestResult()) We can supply global variables. If we pass globs, they will be used instead of the module globals. Here we'll pass an empty globals, triggering an extra error: >>> suite = doctest.DocTestSuite('test.sample_doctest', globs={}) >>> suite.run(unittest.TestResult()) Alternatively, we can provide extra globals. Here we'll make an error go away by providing an extra global variable: >>> suite = doctest.DocTestSuite('test.sample_doctest', ... extraglobs={'y': 1}) >>> suite.run(unittest.TestResult()) You can pass option flags. Here we'll cause an extra error by disabling the blank-line feature: >>> suite = doctest.DocTestSuite('test.sample_doctest', ... optionflags=doctest.DONT_ACCEPT_BLANKLINE) >>> suite.run(unittest.TestResult()) You can supply setUp and tearDown functions: >>> def setUp(): ... import test.test_doctest ... test.test_doctest.sillySetup = True >>> def tearDown(): ... import test.test_doctest ... del test.test_doctest.sillySetup Here, we installed a silly variable that the test expects: >>> suite = doctest.DocTestSuite('test.sample_doctest', ... setUp=setUp, tearDown=tearDown) >>> suite.run(unittest.TestResult()) But the tearDown restores sanity: >>> import test.test_doctest >>> test.test_doctest.sillySetup Traceback (most recent call last): ... AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'sillySetup' Finally, you can provide an alternate test finder. Here we'll use a custom test_finder to to run just the test named bar. However, the test in the module docstring, and the two tests in the module __test__ dict, aren't filtered, so we actually run three tests besides bar's. The filtering mechanisms are poorly conceived, and will go away someday. >>> finder = doctest.DocTestFinder( ... namefilter=lambda prefix, base: base!='bar') >>> suite = doctest.DocTestSuite('test.sample_doctest', ... test_finder=finder) >>> suite.run(unittest.TestResult()) """ def test_DocFileSuite(): """We can test tests found in text files using a DocFileSuite. We create a suite by providing the names of one or more text files that include examples: >>> import unittest >>> suite = doctest.DocFileSuite('test_doctest.txt', ... 'test_doctest2.txt') >>> suite.run(unittest.TestResult()) The test files are looked for in the directory containing the calling module. A package keyword argument can be provided to specify a different relative location. >>> import unittest >>> suite = doctest.DocFileSuite('test_doctest.txt', ... 'test_doctest2.txt', ... package='test') >>> suite.run(unittest.TestResult()) Note that '/' should be used as a path separator. It will be converted to a native separator at run time: >>> suite = doctest.DocFileSuite('../test/test_doctest.txt') >>> suite.run(unittest.TestResult()) You can specify initial global variables: >>> suite = doctest.DocFileSuite('test_doctest.txt', ... 'test_doctest2.txt', ... globs={'favorite_color': 'blue'}) >>> suite.run(unittest.TestResult()) In this case, we supplied a missing favorite color. You can provide doctest options: >>> suite = doctest.DocFileSuite('test_doctest.txt', ... 'test_doctest2.txt', ... optionflags=doctest.DONT_ACCEPT_BLANKLINE, ... globs={'favorite_color': 'blue'}) >>> suite.run(unittest.TestResult()) And, you can provide setUp and tearDown functions: You can supply setUp and teatDoen functions: >>> def setUp(): ... import test.test_doctest ... test.test_doctest.sillySetup = True >>> def tearDown(): ... import test.test_doctest ... del test.test_doctest.sillySetup Here, we installed a silly variable that the test expects: >>> suite = doctest.DocFileSuite('test_doctest.txt', ... 'test_doctest2.txt', ... setUp=setUp, tearDown=tearDown) >>> suite.run(unittest.TestResult()) But the tearDown restores sanity: >>> import test.test_doctest >>> test.test_doctest.sillySetup Traceback (most recent call last): ... AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'sillySetup' """ ###################################################################### ## Main ###################################################################### def test_main(): # Check the doctest cases in doctest itself: test_support.run_doctest(doctest, verbosity=True) # Check the doctest cases defined here: from test import test_doctest test_support.run_doctest(test_doctest, verbosity=True) import trace, sys, re, StringIO def test_coverage(coverdir): tracer = trace.Trace(ignoredirs=[sys.prefix, sys.exec_prefix,], trace=0, count=1) tracer.run('reload(doctest); test_main()') r = tracer.results() print 'Writing coverage results...' r.write_results(show_missing=True, summary=True, coverdir=coverdir) if __name__ == '__main__': if '-c' in sys.argv: test_coverage('/tmp/doctest.cover') else: test_main()