[Patches] [ python-Patches-1167316 ] a fix for doctest crash when it is ran on itself

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Patches item #1167316, was opened at 2005-03-21 15:05
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Category: Library (Lib)
Group: Python 2.5
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Ilya Sandler (isandler)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: a fix for doctest crash when it is ran on itself

Initial Comment:
When doctest.py is ran without arguments, it runs its
own docs
through itself and crashes with:

bagira:~/python/dist/src/Lib> ../python doctest1.121.py
...............F
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FAIL: Doctest: __main__.set_unittest_reportflags
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "doctest1.121.py", line 2152, in runTest
    raise
self.failureException(self.format_failure(new.getvalue()))
AssertionError: Failed doctest test for
__main__.set_unittest_reportflags
  File "doctest1.121.py", line 2068, in
set_unittest_reportflags

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File "doctest1.121.py", line 2080, in
__main__.set_unittest_reportflags
Failed example:
    doctest._unittest_reportflags == (REPORT_NDIFF |
                                     
REPORT_ONLY_FIRST_FAILURE)
Expected:
    True
Got:
    False


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Ran 16 tests in 0.080s

FAILED (failures=1)

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The attached patch fixes the problem...

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Comment By: Michiel de Hoon (mdehoon)
Date: 2005-03-27 15:03

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I tested this patch and found that it works OK. I'll write
to python-dev in support of this patch.
--Michiel.

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