On Jan 5, 2011 4:45 PM, "Terry Reedy" <tjreedy@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.