[ python-Bugs-1508564 ] "...." (four dots) confuses doctest's ellipsis matching

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Bugs item #1508564, was opened at 2006-06-19 21:42
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Category: Python Library
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Andrew Bennetts (spiv)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: "...." (four dots) confuses doctest's ellipsis matching

Initial Comment:
Consider this snippet:

from doctest import OutputChecker, ELLIPSIS
print OutputChecker().check_output('AAA....',
'AAA.BBB', ELLIPSIS)

I expect that to print True, but instead it prints False.


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