[Python-checkins] cpython: Note why we can't write an automated test for the code path that brings up the

[nick.coghlan]

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/777bd189f0f1
changeset:   78108:777bd189f0f1
user:        Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com>
date:        Sun Jul 15 18:24:42 2012 +1000
summary:
  Note why we can't write an automated test for the code path that brings up the REPL for a bare 'python' call

files:
  Lib/test/test_cmd_line_script.py |  3 +++
  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Lib/test/test_cmd_line_script.py b/Lib/test/test_cmd_line_script.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_cmd_line_script.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_cmd_line_script.py
@@ -143,6 +143,9 @@
         self.assertIn(expected, out)
 
     def test_stdin_loader(self):
+        # Unfortunately, there's no way to automatically test the fully
+        # interactive REPL, since that code path only gets executed when
+        # stdin in an interactive tty.
         p = spawn_python()
         try:
             p.stdin.write(b"print(__loader__)\n")

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Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython