From fb38c64690a459d1ee0799d1e22b7911dd97a65d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Julien Palard Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2020 17:23:03 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] bpo-36675: Doc: Reveal doctest directives (GH-23620) --- .azure-pipelines/docs-steps.yml | 4 +-- Doc/library/doctest.rst | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------- 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/docs-steps.yml b/.azure-pipelines/docs-steps.yml index 55c38611b95c81..8e72baf2b12fe1 100644 --- a/.azure-pipelines/docs-steps.yml +++ b/.azure-pipelines/docs-steps.yml @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ steps: inputs: versionSpec: '>=3.6' -- script: python -m pip install sphinx==2.2.0 blurb python-docs-theme +- script: python -m pip install sphinx==3.2.1 blurb python-docs-theme displayName: 'Install build dependencies' - ${{ if ne(parameters.latex, 'true') }}: @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ steps: - ${{ if eq(parameters.upload, 'true') }}: - task: PublishBuildArtifacts@1 displayName: 'Publish docs' - + inputs: PathToPublish: '$(build.sourcesDirectory)/Doc/build' ArtifactName: docs diff --git a/Doc/library/doctest.rst b/Doc/library/doctest.rst index a77322f83acbde..42ad0c9f06e237 100644 --- a/Doc/library/doctest.rst +++ b/Doc/library/doctest.rst @@ -719,36 +719,51 @@ above. An example's doctest directives modify doctest's behavior for that single example. Use ``+`` to enable the named behavior, or ``-`` to disable it. -For example, this test passes:: +For example, this test passes: - >>> print(list(range(20))) # doctest: +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE +.. doctest:: + :no-trim-doctest-flags: + + >>> print(list(range(20))) # doctest: +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19] Without the directive it would fail, both because the actual output doesn't have two blanks before the single-digit list elements, and because the actual output is on a single line. This test also passes, and also requires a directive to do -so:: +so: + +.. doctest:: + :no-trim-doctest-flags: - >>> print(list(range(20))) # doctest: +ELLIPSIS + >>> print(list(range(20))) # doctest: +ELLIPSIS [0, 1, ..., 18, 19] Multiple directives can be used on a single physical line, separated by -commas:: +commas: - >>> print(list(range(20))) # doctest: +ELLIPSIS, +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE +.. doctest:: + :no-trim-doctest-flags: + + >>> print(list(range(20))) # doctest: +ELLIPSIS, +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE [0, 1, ..., 18, 19] If multiple directive comments are used for a single example, then they are -combined:: +combined: + +.. doctest:: + :no-trim-doctest-flags: - >>> print(list(range(20))) # doctest: +ELLIPSIS - ... # doctest: +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE + >>> print(list(range(20))) # doctest: +ELLIPSIS + ... # doctest: +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE [0, 1, ..., 18, 19] As the previous example shows, you can add ``...`` lines to your example containing only directives. This can be useful when an example is too long for -a directive to comfortably fit on the same line:: +a directive to comfortably fit on the same line: + +.. doctest:: + :no-trim-doctest-flags: >>> print(list(range(5)) + list(range(10, 20)) + list(range(30, 40))) ... # doctest: +ELLIPSIS @@ -793,18 +808,23 @@ instead. Another is to do :: There are others, but you get the idea. -Another bad idea is to print things that embed an object address, like :: +Another bad idea is to print things that embed an object address, like + +.. doctest:: - >>> id(1.0) # certain to fail some of the time + >>> id(1.0) # certain to fail some of the time # doctest: +SKIP 7948648 >>> class C: pass - >>> C() # the default repr() for instances embeds an address - <__main__.C instance at 0x00AC18F0> + >>> C() # the default repr() for instances embeds an address # doctest: +SKIP + + +The :const:`ELLIPSIS` directive gives a nice approach for the last example: -The :const:`ELLIPSIS` directive gives a nice approach for the last example:: +.. doctest:: + :no-trim-doctest-flags: - >>> C() #doctest: +ELLIPSIS - <__main__.C instance at 0x...> + >>> C() # doctest: +ELLIPSIS + Floating-point numbers are also subject to small output variations across platforms, because Python defers to the platform C library for float formatting,