[Python-checkins] cpython: Disabling a test that fails on some bots. Will investigate the failure soon

[Eli Bendersky]

On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 05:50, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 2:09 AM, eli.bendersky
> <python-checkins at python.org> wrote:
> > diff --git a/Lib/test/test_xml_etree_c.py b/Lib/test/test_xml_etree_c.py
> > --- a/Lib/test/test_xml_etree_c.py
> > +++ b/Lib/test/test_xml_etree_c.py
> > @@ -53,8 +53,8 @@
> >         # actual class. In the Python version it's a class.
> >         self.assertNotIsInstance(cET.Element, type)
> >
> > -    def test_correct_import_cET_alias(self):
> > -        self.assertNotIsInstance(cET_alias.Element, type)
> > +    #def test_correct_import_cET_alias(self):
> > +        #self.assertNotIsInstance(cET_alias.Element, type)
>
> While this one was fixed quickly, *please* don't comment tests out
> without some kind of explanation in the code (not just in the checkin
> message).
>
> Even better is to use the expected_failure() decorator or the skip()
> decorator.
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I just saw this test failing in some bots and wanted to fix it ASAP,
without spending time on a real investigation. The follow-up fix came less
than 2 hours later. But yes, I agree that commenting out wasn't a good
choice - I should've just deleted it for the time I was working on a fix.

By the way, I later discussed the failing test with Florent and
http://bugs.python.org/issue14035 is the result. That failure had made no
sense until Florent got deeper into import_fresh_module.

Eli
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