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bpo-36675: Doc: Reveal doctest directives (GH-23620)
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JulienPalard committed Dec 15, 2020
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions .azure-pipelines/docs-steps.yml
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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') }}:
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- ${{ if eq(parameters.upload, 'true') }}:
- task: PublishBuildArtifacts@1
displayName: 'Publish docs'

inputs:
PathToPublish: '$(build.sourcesDirectory)/Doc/build'
ArtifactName: docs
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54 changes: 37 additions & 17 deletions Doc/library/doctest.rst
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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
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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
<C object at 0x00AC18F0>

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
<C object at 0x...>

Floating-point numbers are also subject to small output variations across
platforms, because Python defers to the platform C library for float formatting,
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