[New-bugs-announce] [issue40372] doctest example programs should exit 1 if any test fails

[Andreas Sommer]

New submission from Andreas Sommer <andreas.sommer87 at googlemail.com>:

Documentation recommends calling `doctest.testmod()`, but exits with code 0 even if a test fails.

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assignee: docs at python
components: Documentation
messages: 367086
nosy: Andreas Sommer, docs at python
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: doctest example programs should exit 1 if any test fails
type: enhancement
versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.5, Python 3.6, Python 3.7, Python 3.8, Python 3.9

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