[Python-Dev] doctest improvements (original) (raw)
Edward Loper edloper at gradient.cis.upenn.edu
Mon May 31 20:41:44 EDT 2004
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Tim Peters wrote:
[...] Making a doctest reader learn a special "doctest markup language" is A Problem in this case. Offhand, I'd be happier with an almost-self-evident (say)
Perhaps you'd be happier with a different value of BLANKLINE_MARKER, then? E.g. "blank>":
def test(): r""" A different marker:
>>> print 'a\n\nb'
a
blank>
b
"""Although this means that you have to indent the doctest quite far. Perhaps it would be better if I changed the patch so the marker doesn't need to dedented all the way? E.g.:
def test(): r""" A different marker:
>>> print 'a\n\nb'
a
<blank line>
b
"""Another option to consider might be:
def test(): r""" A different marker:
>>> print 'a\n\nb'
| a
|
| b
"""I.e., the user can optionally preceed each line with a "|" (or some other marker), dedented past the prompt, to mark the extent of the output. I don't think this looks as wysiwyg, though.
-Edward
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