On Jan 5, 2011 4:45 PM, "Terry Reedy" <tjre...@udel.edu> wrote: > > >> +The shortest, simplest way of running the test suite is:: >> + >> + ./python -m test > > > Not on Windows. > C:\Programs\Python32>./python -m test > '.' is not recognized as an internal or external command, > operable program or batch file. > > python -m test > works (until it failed, separate issue). > > I would like to know, insofar as possible, how to run tests from the interpreter prompt (or IDLE simulation thereof) > > from whatmod import whatfunc; whatfunc() # ?? > > ditto for such remaining alternatives you give as can be made from prompt. > > Besides the convenience for Windows users (for whom the Command Prompt window is hidden away and possibly unknown), I think we should know if any tests are incompatible with interactive mode. > > --- > Terry Jan Reedy
The command prompt on Windows is no more hidden than it is on any other OS. In fact it's easier to find than on OS X (IMO) :) I think we do need to make *some* assumptions in the developer docs that the reader is actually a developer (who would know where cmd is) and not a first-time user of the OS, otherwise it becomes a computer users guide and not a development guide.
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