[New-bugs-announce] [issue6569] unittest document bug (random.shuffle sequence)

[Kouki Hashimoto]

New submission from Kouki Hashimoto <hsmtkk at gmail.com>:

Hello.
I found a bug in unittest sample code.
http://docs.python.org/dev/py3k/library/unittest.html#unittest-minimal-example
(naming this code as test_sample.py)

I got this error.
$ python3.2 test_sample.py
..E
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ERROR: test_shuffle (__main__.TestSequenceFunctions)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "test_sample.py", line 11, in test_shuffle
    random.shuffle(self.seq)
  File
"/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.1/lib/python3.1/random.py",
line 270, in shuffle
    x[i], x[j] = x[j], x[i]
TypeError: 'range' object does not support item assignment

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Ran 3 tests in 0.004s

I think this code should be fixed with attached patch.
Regards.

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assignee: georg.brandl
components: Documentation
files: unittest.rst.patch
keywords: patch
messages: 90907
nosy: georg.brandl, hsmtkk
severity: normal
status: open
title: unittest document bug (random.shuffle sequence)
versions: Python 3.2
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file14563/unittest.rst.patch

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