Python doctest

Research query: Python doctest · jobs: 2 · on-topic sources: 2 · review: Held

Overview

The string is converted to a Python script, where doctest examples in s are converted to regular code, and everything else is converted to Python comments. — doctest — Test interactive Python examples — Python 3.13.18 documentation (2001)

doctest is a module included in the Python programming language's standard library that allows the easy generation of tests based on output from the standard Python interpreter shell, cut and pasted into docstrings. — Doctest (wikipedia)

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Doctest (wikipedia)

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doctest — Test interactive Python examples — Python 3.13.18 documentation (2001)

You can add a call to pdb.set_trace() in a doctest example, and you’ll drop into the Python debugger when that line is executed. — source

The string is converted to a Python script, where doctest examples in s are converted to regular code, and everything else is converted to Python comments. — source

The default behavior caters to that Python changed the return type of many functions from integer to boolean; doctests expecting “little integer” output still work in these cases. — source

Review

Status Held. Verified claims 4. On-topic sources 1 (reused 0). Dropped 0 collector hit(s) and 0 off-topic local claim(s). Conflicts 0. Coverage: python, doctest.

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Provenance

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