[Python-Dev] Problems with regrtest and with logging

[Éric Araujo]

 Hi,

 Le 06/05/2011 22:07, R. David Murray a écrit :
> On Fri, 06 May 2011 19:51:31 +0200, =?UTF-8?Q?=C3=89ric_Araujo?= 
> <merwok at netwok.org> wrote:
>> regrtest helpfully reports when a test leaves the environment 
>> unclean
>> (sys.path, os.environ, logging._handlerList), but I think the
>> implementation is buggy: it compares object identity and then value.
>> Why is comparing identity useful?  I’d just use ==.  It makes 
>> writing
>> cleanup code easier (just use addCleanup(setattr, obj, 'attr',
>> copy(obj.attr))).
>
> Well, the implementation is intentional.  Nick (I think) added the
> identity check, and he had a reason at the time.  I don't remember 
> what
> it was, though.

 Drat.  Nick, if it was indeed you, can you enlighten me?

 /off to replace all those addCleanup/setattr combos :(

 Regards