[Python-Dev] Misc. warnings (original) (raw)

Tim Peters tim.one@comcast.net
Wed, 08 Jan 2003 14:14:22 -0500

[Martin v. L=F6wis]

I don't know. I cannot understand the purpose of expectations.

If a Python expert for platform sys.platform X would be at all surpri= sed if test T got skipped when running the tests on X, then T should not be = listed in _expectations[X], else it should be, with disagreements favoring l= eaving it out (the disagreeing experts can add a comment to regrtest.py abou= t why they disagree, or make regrtest smarter about recognizing when a test= skip is expected). I added a couple of the latter to _ExpectedSkips.ini= t:

        if not os.path.supports_unicode_filenames:
            self.expected.add('test_pep277')

        if test_normalization.skip_expected:
            self.expected.add('test_normalization')

        if test_socket_ssl.skip_expected:
            self.expected.add('test_socket_ssl')

but so far nobody else has cared enough to add more of this nature. = If a module can't itself tell whether it expects to be skipped, then perha= ps we need another "mystery test" category (where mystery =3D=3D we have no= idea whether the test should pass -- such tests will always be a source of confusion).