[Python-Dev] Unittest/doctest formatting differences in 2.7a1?

[Lennart Regebro]

On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 00:47, Paul Moore <p.f.moore at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I think so, but what you need is:
>>
>>>     >>> throw_an_exception()
>>>     Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>         ...
>>>    ...DesiredException: ...
>
> No you don't. From the manual:
>
> """
> When the IGNORE_EXCEPTION_DETAIL doctest option is is specified,
> everything following the leftmost colon is ignored.
> """

Note that the difference is *before* the leftmost colon.

On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 00:49, Ian Bicking <ianb at colorstudy.com> wrote:
> Maybe that could be extended to also ignore everything up to a period
> (i.e., ignore the module name that seems to show up in 2.7 exception
> names, but not in previous versions).

That sounds good to me.

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