Sent: 2006-11-09; To: comp.lang.python
Can doctest ... be persuaded to exit after a catastroph[e]...?
...
sys.exit() doesn't do what I mean:
it raises SystemExit ... [and doesn't exit]
...
doctest.REPORT_ONLY_FIRST_FAILURE doesn't do what I mean
[it filters stdout but doesn't exit]
Yes
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Can I somehow tell doctest that it's time to quit?
Hit Ctrl-C. Or raise a KeyboardInterrupt:
import sys
class ExitDoctest(KeyboardInterrupt):
pass
def f(what):
f(alpha)
'alpha'
f(e)
'e'
f(x)
'x'
f(X)
'X'
f(beta)
From: http://docs.python.org/lib/doctest-soapbox.html ...
Regression testing is best confined to dedicated objects or files ...
Can I somehow tell doctest that it's time to quit?
I ask because not all doctest examples are created equal. Some
failures are catastrophic, making all subsequent
