[Python-checkins] r84309 - python/branches/py3k/Lib/test/test_sys.py

[victor.stinner]

Author: victor.stinner
Date: Wed Aug 25 02:20:27 2010
New Revision: 84309

Log:
Disable test_undecodable_code() of test_sys on Windows

This test is irrevelant on Windows


Modified:
   python/branches/py3k/Lib/test/test_sys.py

Modified: python/branches/py3k/Lib/test/test_sys.py
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/py3k/Lib/test/test_sys.py	(original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Lib/test/test_sys.py	Wed Aug 25 02:20:27 2010
@@ -495,6 +495,12 @@
 
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, sys.intern, S("abc"))
 
+    # On Windows, pass bytes to subprocess doesn't test how Python decodes the
+    # command line, but how subprocess does decode bytes to unicode. Python
+    # doesn't decode the command line because Windows provides directly the
+    # arguments as unicode (using wmain() instead of main()).
+    @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform == 'win32',
+                     'Windows has a native unicode API')
     def test_undecodable_code(self):
         # Raise SkipTest() if sys.executable is not encodable to ascii
         test.support.workaroundIssue8611()