[New-bugs-announce] [issue30934] Document how to run coverage for repository idlelib files.

[Terry J. Reedy]

New submission from Terry J. Reedy:

I have been using coverage for a few years. Now that I am (again) not the only one writing IDLE tests (others did 3 and 4 years ago), I should document what I do and in particular the policy decision -- test with 'branch=True' -- and the IDLE-specific excludes:
    .*# htest #
    if not _utest:
    if _htest:

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assignee: terry.reedy
components: IDLE
messages: 298379
nosy: csabella, louielu, terry.reedy, wohlganger
priority: normal
severity: normal
stage: needs patch
status: open
title: Document how to run coverage for repository idlelib files.
type: enhancement
versions: Python 3.6, Python 3.7

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