[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.789,1.790

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Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
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Modified Files:
	NEWS 
Log Message:
A hack to ease compatibility with pre-2.3 Pythons:  by default, doctest
now accepts "True" when a test expects "1", and similarly for "False"
versus "0".  This is un-doctest-like, but on balance makes it much
more pleasant to write doctests that pass under 2.2 and 2.3.  I expect
it to go away again, when 2.2 is forgotten.  In the meantime, there's
a new doctest module constant that can be passed to a new optional
argument, if you want to turn this behavior off.

Note that this substitution is very simple-minded:  the expected and
actual outputs have to consist of single tokens.  No attempt is made,
e.g., to accept [True, False] when a test expects [1, 0].  This is a
simple hack for simple tests, and I intend to keep it that way.


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+ - For compatibility with doctests created before 2.3, if an expected
+   output block consists solely of "1" and the actual output block
+   consists solely of "True", it's accepted as a match; similarly
+   for "0" and "False".  This is quite un-doctest-like, but is practical.
+   The behavior can be disabled by passing the new doctest module
+   constant DONT_ACCEPT_TRUE_FOR_1 to the new optionflags optional
+   argument.
+ 
  - The cgitb module has been extended to support plain text display (SF patch
    569574).