cpython/Lib/test
Guido van Rossum 5b443c6282 Address SF patch #480716 as well as related issues.
SF patch #480716 by Greg Chapman fixes the problem that super's
__get__ method always returns an instance of super, even when the
instance whose __get__ method is called is an instance of a subclass
of super.

Other issues fixed:

- super(C, C()).__class__ would return the __class__ attribute of C()
  rather than the __class__ attribute of the super object.  This is
  confusing.  To fix this, I decided to change the semantics of super
  so that it only applies to code attributes, not to data attributes.
  After all, overriding data attributes is not supported anyway.

- While super(C, x) carefully checked that x is an instance of C,
  super(C).__get__(x) made no such check, allowing for a loophole.
  This is now fixed.
2001-12-03 15:38:28 +00:00
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data A fix for SF bug #472560, extra newlines returned by get_param() when 2001-10-25 22:43:46 +00:00
output Fix for bug #480188: printing unicode objects 2001-11-20 15:17:25 +00:00
__init__.py Add __init__.py to test package. 1997-11-06 15:41:23 +00:00
audiotest.au The encoding type was wrong, I think. 1999-02-05 20:57:44 +00:00
autotest.py Rehabilitate autotest.py. 2000-08-23 05:28:45 +00:00
badsyntax_future3.py Fix compileall.py so that it fails on SyntaxErrors 2001-04-18 01:19:28 +00:00
badsyntax_future4.py Fix compileall.py so that it fails on SyntaxErrors 2001-04-18 01:19:28 +00:00
badsyntax_future5.py Fix compileall.py so that it fails on SyntaxErrors 2001-04-18 01:19:28 +00:00
badsyntax_future6.py Fix compileall.py so that it fails on SyntaxErrors 2001-04-18 01:19:28 +00:00
badsyntax_future7.py Fix compileall.py so that it fails on SyntaxErrors 2001-04-18 01:19:28 +00:00
badsyntax_nocaret.py Fix compileall.py so that it fails on SyntaxErrors 2001-04-18 01:19:28 +00:00
double_const.py This is a test showing SF bug 422177. It won't trigger until I check in 2001-05-08 03:58:01 +00:00
greyrgb.uue Use uuencoded test images. 1997-04-16 00:30:45 +00:00
pickletester.py Whitespace normalization. 2001-10-18 21:57:37 +00:00
pydocfodder.py SF bug [#472347] pydoc and properties. 2001-10-18 19:56:17 +00:00
pystone.py Make reindent.py happy (convert everything to 4-space indents!). 2000-10-23 17:22:08 +00:00
re_tests.py reapplied darryl gallion's minimizing repeat fix. I'm still not 100% 2001-07-02 19:54:28 +00:00
README Reflect recent refinements of the regression testing framework. 2001-09-28 20:05:25 +00:00
regex_tests.py Make reindent.py happy (convert everything to 4-space indents!). 2000-10-23 17:22:08 +00:00
regrtest.py Added tests expected to be skipped on Mac OS X. 2001-12-02 21:41:36 +00:00
reperf.py Measure performance of sub(), split(), findall(). 1998-07-17 21:10:42 +00:00
sortperf.py String method conversion. 2001-02-09 11:51:27 +00:00
string_tests.py Patch #445762: Support --disable-unicode 2001-08-17 18:39:25 +00:00
test___all__.py Fix comment typo 2001-11-02 21:45:39 +00:00
test___future__.py Expose the CO_xxx flags via the "new" module (re-solving a problem "the 2001-08-18 20:18:49 +00:00
test_al.py a bold attempt to fix things broken by MAL's verify patch: import 2001-01-17 21:51:36 +00:00
test_array.py a bold attempt to fix things broken by MAL's verify patch: import 2001-01-17 21:51:36 +00:00
test_asynchat.py Set the SO_REUSEADDR socket option in the server thread -- this seems 2001-04-15 00:42:13 +00:00
test_atexit.py a bold attempt to fix things broken by MAL's verify patch: import 2001-01-17 21:51:36 +00:00
test_audioop.py The first batch of changes recommended by the fixdiv tool. These are 2001-09-04 19:14:14 +00:00
test_augassign.py The first batch of changes recommended by the fixdiv tool. These are 2001-09-04 19:14:14 +00:00
test_b1.py The first batch of changes recommended by the fixdiv tool. These are 2001-09-04 19:14:14 +00:00
test_b2.py New restriction on pow(x, y, z): If z is not None, x and y must be of 2001-09-03 08:35:41 +00:00
test_bastion.py add test of bastion and rexec to std regression test suite 2001-01-19 03:22:48 +00:00
test_binascii.py Whitespace normalization. 2001-10-18 21:57:37 +00:00
test_binhex.py Change the PyUnit-based tests to use the test_main() approach. This 2001-09-20 21:33:42 +00:00
test_binop.py Change the PyUnit-based tests to use the test_main() approach. This 2001-09-20 21:33:42 +00:00
test_bisect.py Fred, THIS NEEDS DOCS! The function docstrings tell the tale. 2000-12-29 02:06:45 +00:00
test_bsddb.py Check that f.keys() == [] right after creation -- this prevents bugs 2001-03-22 00:40:23 +00:00
test_bufio.py a bold attempt to fix things broken by MAL's verify patch: import 2001-01-17 21:51:36 +00:00
test_builtin.py Initial revision 1992-01-27 17:00:37 +00:00
test_call.py Change the PyUnit-based tests to use the test_main() approach. This 2001-09-20 21:33:42 +00:00
test_capi.py Fix typo in comment (the module is now called _testcapi, not _test). 2001-04-13 17:03:04 +00:00
test_cd.py a bold attempt to fix things broken by MAL's verify patch: import 2001-01-17 21:51:36 +00:00
test_cfgparser.py Added tests that check getboolean() with the newly allowed values from 2001-10-08 17:13:12 +00:00
test_cgi.py This patch removes all uses of "assert" in the regression test suite 2001-01-17 19:11:13 +00:00
test_charmapcodec.py Committing and closing SF patch #441348 to help Jython to pass this test. 2001-08-23 18:57:01 +00:00
test_cl.py a bold attempt to fix things broken by MAL's verify patch: import 2001-01-17 21:51:36 +00:00
test_class.py Committing and closing SF patch #403671 by Finn Bock to help Jython 2001-08-20 20:29:07 +00:00
test_cmath.py a bold attempt to fix things broken by MAL's verify patch: import 2001-01-17 21:51:36 +00:00
test_codecs.py Change the PyUnit-based tests to use the test_main() approach. This 2001-09-20 21:33:42 +00:00
test_codeop.py Change the PyUnit-based tests to use the test_main() approach. This 2001-09-20 21:33:42 +00:00
test_coercion.py Use numbers that can be accurately represented on binary machines. I hope 2001-01-03 01:52:11 +00:00
test_commands.py Fix SF bug #456386: test_commands regression failure (Andrew Dalke) 2001-10-30 03:17:30 +00:00
test_compare.py The first batch of changes recommended by the fixdiv tool. These are 2001-09-04 19:14:14 +00:00
test_compile.py Don't munge __debug__ and leave it that way. 2001-11-13 22:03:20 +00:00
test_complex.py Reverting to rev 1.2. Apparently gcc doesn't use the extended-precision 2001-09-06 23:00:21 +00:00
test_contains.py Patch #445762: Support --disable-unicode 2001-08-17 18:39:25 +00:00
test_cookie.py Teach regrtest how to pass on doctest failure msgs. This is done via a 2001-09-09 06:12:01 +00:00
test_copy_reg.py Change the PyUnit-based tests to use the test_main() approach. This 2001-09-20 21:33:42 +00:00
test_cpickle.py Whitespace normalization. 2001-10-18 21:57:37 +00:00
test_crypt.py Whitespace normalization. Leaving tokenize_tests.py alone for now. 2001-01-18 02:22:22 +00:00
test_curses.py Patch #473187: Add a test script that exercises most of the functions in 2001-10-22 15:26:09 +00:00
test_dbm.py Check that f.keys() == [] right after creation -- this prevents bugs 2001-03-22 00:40:23 +00:00
test_descr.py Address SF patch #480716 as well as related issues. 2001-12-03 15:38:28 +00:00
test_descrtut.py Rename "dictionary" (type and constructor) to "dict". 2001-10-29 22:25:45 +00:00
test_difflib.py Teach regrtest how to pass on doctest failure msgs. This is done via a 2001-09-09 06:12:01 +00:00
test_dircache.py Change the PyUnit-based tests to use the test_main() approach. This 2001-09-20 21:33:42 +00:00
test_dl.py Patch #404680: disables the nis module and enables the dl module when 2001-02-27 20:54:23 +00:00
test_doctest2.py SF bug [#467331] ClassType.__doc__ always None. 2001-10-04 05:27:00 +00:00
test_doctest.py Whitespace normalization. 2001-09-18 02:26:39 +00:00
test_dospath.py Change the PyUnit-based tests to use the test_main() approach. This 2001-09-20 21:33:42 +00:00
test_dumbdbm.py Whitespace normalization. 2001-11-13 21:51:26 +00:00
test_email.py test_formatdate(): Integrating Jack's 22b2 branch fix for Mac epoch: 2001-11-27 07:12:35 +00:00
test_errno.py a bold attempt to fix things broken by MAL's verify patch: import 2001-01-17 21:51:36 +00:00
test_exceptions.py Add tests for new PyErr_NormalizeException() behavior 2001-09-26 20:01:13 +00:00
test_extcall.py Quick and dirty fix for test_extcall failures trigged by Guido's 2001-08-24 19:11:57 +00:00
test_fcntl.py Assume a 64-bit start and len if O_LARGEFILE is available. 2001-10-18 22:07:48 +00:00
test_file.py Fiddle with new test cases -- verify that we get a sensible error 2001-11-09 19:34:43 +00:00
test_fileinput.py SF patch #440170: Tests for fileinput module. 2001-07-11 22:21:17 +00:00
test_fnmatch.py Change the PyUnit-based tests to use the test_main() approach. This 2001-09-20 21:33:42 +00:00
test_fork1.py Unixware 7 support by Billy G. Allie (SF patch 413011) 2001-04-11 20:58:20 +00:00
test_format.py Use raw-unicode-escape for the tests that require it. 2001-08-17 22:08:34 +00:00
test_fpformat.py Change the PyUnit-based tests to use the test_main() approach. This 2001-09-20 21:33:42 +00:00
test_frozen.py Fix the frozen bytecode for __hello__ (betcha didn't know that existed 2001-10-18 18:49:37 +00:00
test_funcattrs.py Fix for SF bug #472940: can't getattr() attribute shown by dir() 2001-10-22 02:00:09 +00:00
test_future1.py Import the nested_scopes feature twice, to exercise the patch introduced 2001-03-10 02:18:47 +00:00
test_future2.py Add regression test for future statements. This adds eight files, but 2001-02-28 17:48:06 +00:00
test_future3.py Add test case to cover multiple future statements on separate lines of 2001-08-20 21:18:56 +00:00
test_future.py Fix SF bug [ #450245 ] Error in parsing future stmts 2001-08-20 20:33:42 +00:00
test_gc.py Remove obsolete __static__/__dynamic__ distinction. 2001-10-15 22:49:27 +00:00
test_gdbm.py Check that f.keys() == [] right after creation -- this prevents bugs 2001-03-22 00:40:23 +00:00
test_generators.py Teach regrtest how to pass on doctest failure msgs. This is done via a 2001-09-09 06:12:01 +00:00
test_getargs.py Whitespace normalization. 2001-09-18 02:26:39 +00:00
test_getopt.py This patch removes all uses of "assert" in the regression test suite 2001-01-17 19:11:13 +00:00
test_gettext.py Update an email address. 2001-08-28 21:26:33 +00:00
test_gl.py a bold attempt to fix things broken by MAL's verify patch: import 2001-01-17 21:51:36 +00:00
test_glob.py Change the PyUnit-based tests to use the test_main() approach. This 2001-09-20 21:33:42 +00:00
test_global.py test_global was broken by some recent checkin. Repairing. 2001-03-02 01:48:16 +00:00
test_grammar.py SF patch [ #468662 ] Allow jython to complete test_grammar 2001-10-10 01:45:02 +00:00
test_grp.py Change the PyUnit-based tests to use the test_main() approach. This 2001-09-20 21:33:42 +00:00
test_gzip.py Whitespace normalization. 2001-08-09 21:40:30 +00:00
test_hash.py Change the PyUnit-based tests to use the test_main() approach. This 2001-09-20 21:33:42 +00:00
test_hmac.py Whitespace normalization. 2001-11-13 21:51:26 +00:00
test_hotshot.py Add a test for the insertion of user-provided ADD_INFO records. 2001-10-29 20:54:01 +00:00
test_htmllib.py Non-failing test for SF bug #467059. 2001-10-04 20:05:10 +00:00
test_htmlparser.py Adapt to use the test_main() approach. 2001-09-24 20:19:08 +00:00
test_httplib.py test_support should be imported directly, not via test.test_support. 2001-09-25 19:29:35 +00:00
test_imageop.py SF patch #474590 -- RISC OS support 2001-10-24 20:42:55 +00:00
test_imgfile.py joinfields -> join. 2001-02-09 17:05:53 +00:00
test_import.py SF patch #474590 -- RISC OS support 2001-10-24 20:42:55 +00:00
test_inspect.py Remove obsolete __dynamic__ distinction. 2001-10-15 22:53:29 +00:00
test_iter.py Whitespace normalization. 2001-10-04 05:36:56 +00:00
test_largefile.py Remove two XXX comments that have been resolved. 2001-09-10 15:03:48 +00:00
test_linuxaudiodev.py It seems our sound cards can't play mulaw data. Use native-format 2000-10-08 00:20:20 +00:00
test_locale.py Whitespace normalization. 2001-05-02 05:54:44 +00:00
test_long_future.py Fix typo in error reporting. This doesn't need to go into the release 2001-09-07 00:47:00 +00:00
test_long.py Return reasonable results for math.log(long) and math.log10(long) (we were 2001-09-05 00:53:45 +00:00
test_longexp.py Make reindent.py happy (convert everything to 4-space indents!). 2000-10-23 17:22:08 +00:00
test_mailbox.py SF patch #474590 -- RISC OS support 2001-10-24 20:42:55 +00:00
test_marshal.py marshal.c r_long64: When reading a TYPE_INT64 value on a box with 32-bit 2001-08-29 02:28:42 +00:00
test_math.py Rework the way we try to check for libm overflow, given that C99 no longer 2001-09-05 22:36:56 +00:00
test_md5.py Update the code to better reflect recommended style: 2000-12-12 23:11:42 +00:00
test_mhlib.py SF patch #474590 -- RISC OS support 2001-10-24 20:42:55 +00:00
test_mimetools.py Use string.ascii_letters instead of string.letters (SF bug #226706). 2001-07-20 19:05:50 +00:00
test_mimetypes.py Whitespace normalization. 2001-10-30 05:56:40 +00:00
test_MimeWriter.py Make reindent.py happy (convert everything to 4-space indents!). 2000-10-23 17:22:08 +00:00
test_minidom.py SF patch #474590 -- RISC OS support 2001-10-24 20:42:55 +00:00
test_mmap.py Removed print that executes only on Unix boxes; that made it impossible 2001-11-13 23:39:47 +00:00
test_mutants.py lookdict: stop more insane core-dump mutating comparison cases. Should 2001-06-03 04:54:32 +00:00
test_new.py Several changes for Jython portability. This closes SF patch 2001-03-23 16:13:30 +00:00
test_nis.py a bold attempt to fix things broken by MAL's verify patch: import 2001-01-17 21:51:36 +00:00
test_ntpath.py A couple more test cases to ensure join() doesn't add an "extra" backslash 2001-11-05 21:33:04 +00:00
test_opcodes.py The one thing I love more then writing code is deleting code. 2001-01-29 06:21:17 +00:00
test_openpty.py a bold attempt to fix things broken by MAL's verify patch: import 2001-01-17 21:51:36 +00:00
test_operations.py BadDictKey test: The output file expected "raising error" to be printed 2001-05-29 21:14:32 +00:00
test_operator.py Change the PyUnit-based tests to use the test_main() approach. This 2001-09-20 21:33:42 +00:00
test_os.py Whitespace normalization. 2001-10-18 21:57:37 +00:00
test_parser.py Change the PyUnit-based tests to use the test_main() approach. This 2001-09-20 21:33:42 +00:00
test_pep247.py Whitespace normalization. 2001-11-13 21:51:26 +00:00
test_pickle.py Whitespace normalization. 2001-10-18 21:57:37 +00:00
test_pkg.py SF patch #474590 -- RISC OS support 2001-10-24 20:42:55 +00:00
test_pkgimport.py SF patch #474590 -- RISC OS support 2001-10-24 20:42:55 +00:00
test_poll.py This patch removes all uses of "assert" in the regression test suite 2001-01-17 19:11:13 +00:00
test_popen2.py Checking in patch #103478 -- makes popen2 and fork1 tested on BeOS. 2001-01-30 18:35:32 +00:00
test_posixpath.py String method conversion. 2001-02-09 12:00:47 +00:00
test_pow.py Whitespace normalization. 2001-09-04 06:37:28 +00:00
test_pprint.py __format(): Applied SF patch #482003 by Skip to fix multiline dict 2001-11-28 05:49:39 +00:00
test_profile.py Whitespace normalization. 2001-10-04 05:36:56 +00:00
test_profilehooks.py Updated to reflect the rationalized profiler event reporting. 2001-10-04 14:49:46 +00:00
test_pty.py Fix the second reincarnation of SF #456395 -- failure on IRIX. This 2001-09-11 14:24:35 +00:00
test_pwd.py String method conversion. 2001-02-09 12:00:47 +00:00
test_pyclbr.py SF bug [#467336] doctest failures w/ new-style classes. 2001-10-03 04:08:26 +00:00
test_pyexpat.py Fix when pyexpat not built 2001-07-30 21:47:25 +00:00
test_quopri.py Patch #462190, patch #464070: Support quoted printable in the binascii module. 2001-09-30 20:32:11 +00:00
test_re.py Check in a testcase for SF bug #449000: re.sub(r'\n', ...) broke. 2001-08-10 14:52:48 +00:00
test_regex.py Get rid of the superstitious "~" in dict hashing's "i = (~hash) & mask". 2001-05-13 00:19:31 +00:00
test_repr.py Rename "dictionary" (type and constructor) to "dict". 2001-10-29 22:25:45 +00:00
test_rfc822.py A specific test for bug #481221, getaddrlist() failing on long 2001-11-13 21:33:52 +00:00
test_rgbimg.py SF patch #474590 -- RISC OS support 2001-10-24 20:42:55 +00:00
test_richcmp.py SF patch #421922: Implement rich comparison for dicts. 2001-05-08 04:38:29 +00:00
test_rotor.py Update the code to better reflect recommended style: 2000-12-12 23:11:42 +00:00
test_sax.py SF patch #474590 -- RISC OS support 2001-10-24 20:42:55 +00:00
test_scope.py Add test for local assigned to only in a nested list comp 2001-10-18 16:23:11 +00:00
test_select.py a bold attempt to fix things broken by MAL's verify patch: import 2001-01-17 21:51:36 +00:00
test_sgmllib.py Added several new tests to check the behavior with respect to doctype 2001-09-24 20:22:09 +00:00
test_sha.py Change the PyUnit-based tests to use the test_main() approach. This 2001-09-20 21:33:42 +00:00
test_signal.py SF patch #474590 -- RISC OS support 2001-10-24 20:42:55 +00:00
test_socket_ssl.py Whitespace normalization. 2001-10-18 21:57:37 +00:00
test_socket.py getnameinfo() appears to raise socket.error instead of 2001-11-09 20:37:43 +00:00
test_socketserver.py Use sendall() in the stream test instead of send(). 2001-10-29 07:18:02 +00:00
test_sre.py added finditer sanity check 2001-10-28 20:15:40 +00:00
test_strftime.py The first batch of changes recommended by the fixdiv tool. These are 2001-09-04 19:14:14 +00:00
test_string.py a bold attempt to fix things broken by MAL's verify patch: import 2001-01-17 21:51:36 +00:00
test_StringIO.py test_iterator(): Don't do a type comparison to see if it's an 2001-09-25 21:40:04 +00:00
test_strop.py Change the PyUnit-based tests to use the test_main() approach. This 2001-09-20 21:33:42 +00:00
test_struct.py The 'p' (Pascal string) pack code acts unreasonably when the string size 2001-09-15 02:35:15 +00:00
test_structseq.py Huh. In an effort to be less thorough <wink>, seems I checked in a new 2001-10-31 03:46:14 +00:00
test_sunaudiodev.py If the sunaudiodev module is available but we cannot find an audio 2001-04-14 03:10:12 +00:00
test_sundry.py Ignore the posixfile deprecation warning for the test suite. 2001-10-25 18:11:10 +00:00
test_support.py Fix bad bug in structseq slicing (NULL pointers in result). Reported by 2001-10-30 23:20:46 +00:00
test_symtable.py Whitespace normalization. 2001-02-15 23:56:39 +00:00
test_tempfile.py SF bug #476138: tempfile behavior across platforms 2001-10-29 21:46:08 +00:00
test_thread.py a bold attempt to fix things broken by MAL's verify patch: import 2001-01-17 21:51:36 +00:00
test_threaded_import.py Add a new function imp.lock_held(), and use it to skip test_threaded_import 2001-08-30 05:16:13 +00:00
test_threadedtempfile.py Add "import thread" at the top of the module; this prevents us from 2001-04-14 14:35:43 +00:00
test_threading.py Test failed because these was no expected-output file, but always printed 2001-08-20 21:45:19 +00:00
test_time.py Change the PyUnit-based tests to use the test_main() approach. This 2001-09-20 21:33:42 +00:00
test_timing.py a bold attempt to fix things broken by MAL's verify patch: import 2001-01-17 21:51:36 +00:00
test_tokenize.py SF patch #474590 -- RISC OS support 2001-10-24 20:42:55 +00:00
test_traceback.py Change the PyUnit-based tests to use the test_main() approach. This 2001-09-20 21:33:42 +00:00
test_types.py Add a bunch of tests for extended dict.update() where the argument is 2001-06-26 20:09:28 +00:00
test_ucn.py Move uchhash functionality into unicodedata (after the recent 2001-01-24 07:59:11 +00:00
test_unary.py Change the PyUnit-based tests to use the test_main() approach. This 2001-09-20 21:33:42 +00:00
test_unicode_file.py Patch #449815: Set filesystemencoding based on CODESET. 2001-09-05 17:09:48 +00:00
test_unicode.py Whitespace normalization. 2001-12-01 04:11:16 +00:00
test_unicodedata.py This patch removes all uses of "assert" in the regression test suite 2001-01-17 19:11:13 +00:00
test_unpack.py Update the code to better reflect recommended style: 2000-12-12 23:11:42 +00:00
test_urllib2.py SF patch #474590 -- RISC OS support 2001-10-24 20:42:55 +00:00
test_urllib.py added several more urlencode test cases - part of patch 103391 2001-01-28 21:12:22 +00:00
test_urlparse.py Add test cases based on RFC 1808. So now we actually have a test suite 2001-01-05 05:57:04 +00:00
test_userdict.py Add regression test for SF bug #476616 -- make sure copy of a derived class 2001-11-05 17:41:48 +00:00
test_userlist.py a bold attempt to fix things broken by MAL's verify patch: import 2001-01-17 21:51:36 +00:00
test_userstring.py String method conversion. 2001-02-09 12:00:47 +00:00
test_uu.py Test that uu.py will not override an existing file if out_file isn't 2001-08-17 20:00:11 +00:00
test_wave.py Use binary mode to open "wave" files. 2000-12-19 06:32:57 +00:00
test_weakref.py Add a regression test for SF bug #478536: If a value cannot be weakly 2001-11-06 16:38:34 +00:00
test_winreg.py Patch #445762: Support --disable-unicode 2001-08-17 18:39:25 +00:00
test_winsound.py Make reindent.py happy (convert everything to 4-space indents!). 2000-10-23 17:22:08 +00:00
test_xmllib.py Change the PyUnit-based tests to use the test_main() approach. This 2001-09-20 21:33:42 +00:00
test_xmlrpc.py added tests for long ints and ints where they are > 32 bits. 2001-10-19 16:06:52 +00:00
test_xreadline.py Whitespace normalization. Leaving tokenize_tests.py alone for now. 2001-01-18 02:22:22 +00:00
test_zipfile.py SF patch #474590 -- RISC OS support 2001-10-24 20:42:55 +00:00
test_zlib.py Whitespace normalization. 2001-10-18 21:57:37 +00:00
test.xml Added minidom tests. 2000-07-01 14:54:16 +00:00
test.xml.out Added necessary test input file for test_sax.py 2000-09-24 18:57:26 +00:00
testall.py Restore old behavior of autotest and testall, using regrtest. 1997-03-07 21:05:43 +00:00
testcodec.py Whitespace normalization. Leaving tokenize_tests.py alone for now. 2001-01-18 02:22:22 +00:00
testimg.uue Use uuencoded test images. 1997-04-09 21:25:01 +00:00
testimgr.uue Use uuencoded test images. 1997-04-09 21:25:01 +00:00
testrgb.uue Use uuencoded test images. 1997-04-09 21:25:01 +00:00
tokenize_tests.py There's no need for the tokenize tests to include a SyntaxError. 2001-04-13 14:36:51 +00:00

                      Writing Python Regression Tests
                      -------------------------------
                               Skip Montanaro
                              (skip@mojam.com)


Introduction

If you add a new module to Python or modify the functionality of an existing
module, you should write one or more test cases to exercise that new
functionality.  There are different ways to do this within the regression
testing facility provided with Python; any particular test should use only
one of these options.  Each option requires writing a test module using the
conventions of the the selected option:

    - PyUnit based tests
    - doctest based tests
    - "traditional" Python test modules

Regardless of the mechanics of the testing approach you choose,
you will be writing unit tests (isolated tests of functions and objects
defined by the module) using white box techniques.  Unlike black box
testing, where you only have the external interfaces to guide your test case
writing, in white box testing you can see the code being tested and tailor
your test cases to exercise it more completely.  In particular, you will be
able to refer to the C and Python code in the CVS repository when writing
your regression test cases.


PyUnit based tests

The PyUnit framework is based on the ideas of unit testing as espoused
by Kent Beck and the Extreme Programming (XP) movement.  The specific
interface provided by the framework is tightly based on the JUnit
Java implementation of Beck's original SmallTalk test framework.  Please
see the documentation of the unittest module for detailed information on
the interface and general guidelines on writing PyUnit based tests.

The test_support helper module provides a two functions for use by
PyUnit based tests in the Python regression testing framework:
run_unittest() takes a unittest.TestCase derived class as a parameter
and runs the tests defined in that class, and run_suite() takes a
populated TestSuite instance and runs the tests..  All test methods in
the Python regression framework have names that start with "test_" and
use lower-case names with words separated with underscores.

All PyUnit-based tests in the Python test suite use boilerplate that
looks like this:

    import unittest
    import test_support

    class MyTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
        # define test methods here...

    def test_main():
        test_support.run_unittest(MyTestCase)

    if __name__ == "__main__":
        test_main()

This has the advantage that it allows the unittest module to be used
as a script to run individual tests as well as working well with the
regrtest framework.


doctest based tests

Tests written to use doctest are actually part of the docstrings for
the module being tested.  Each test is written as a display of an
interactive session, including the Python prompts, statements that would
be typed by the user, and the output of those statements (including
tracebacks, although only the exception msg needs to be retained then).
The module in the test package is simply a wrapper that causes doctest
to run over the tests in the module.  The test for the difflib module
provides a convenient example:

    import difflib, test_support
    test_support.run_doctest(difflib)

If the test is successful, nothing is written to stdout (so you should not
create a corresponding output/test_difflib file), but running regrtest
with -v will give a detailed report, the same as if passing -v to doctest.

A second argument can be passed to run_doctest to tell doctest to search
sys.argv for -v instead of using test_support's idea of verbosity.  This
is useful for writing doctest-based tests that aren't simply running a
doctest'ed Lib module, but contain the doctests themselves.  Then at
times you may want to run such a test directly as a doctest, independent
of the regrtest framework.  The tail end of test_descrtut.py is a good
example:

    def test_main(verbose=None):
        import test_support, test.test_descrtut
        test_support.run_doctest(test.test_descrtut, verbose)

    if __name__ == "__main__":
        test_main(1)

If run via regrtest, test_main() is called (by regrtest) without specifying
verbose, and then test_support's idea of verbosity is used.  But when
run directly, test_main(1) is called, and then doctest's idea of verbosity
is used.

See the documentation for the doctest module for information on
writing tests using the doctest framework.


"traditional" Python test modules

The mechanics of how the "traditional" test system operates are fairly
straightforward.  When a test case is run, the output is compared with the
expected output that is stored in .../Lib/test/output.  If the test runs to
completion and the actual and expected outputs match, the test succeeds, if
not, it fails.  If an ImportError or test_support.TestSkipped error is
raised, the test is not run.


Executing Test Cases

If you are writing test cases for module spam, you need to create a file
in .../Lib/test named test_spam.py.  In addition, if the tests are expected
to write to stdout during a successful run, you also need to create an
expected output file in .../Lib/test/output named test_spam ("..."
represents the top-level directory in the Python source tree, the directory
containing the configure script).  If needed, generate the initial version
of the test output file by executing:

    ./python Lib/test/regrtest.py -g test_spam.py

from the top-level directory.

Any time you modify test_spam.py you need to generate a new expected
output file.  Don't forget to desk check the generated output to make sure
it's really what you expected to find!  All in all it's usually better
not to have an expected-out file (note that doctest- and unittest-based
tests do not).

To run a single test after modifying a module, simply run regrtest.py
without the -g flag:

    ./python Lib/test/regrtest.py test_spam.py

While debugging a regression test, you can of course execute it
independently of the regression testing framework and see what it prints:

    ./python Lib/test/test_spam.py

To run the entire test suite:

[UNIX, + other platforms where "make" works] Make the "test" target at the
top level:

    make test

{WINDOWS] Run rt.bat from your PCBuild directory.  Read the comments at
the top of rt.bat for the use of special -d, -O and -q options processed
by rt.bat.

[OTHER] You can simply execute the two runs of regrtest (optimized and
non-optimized) directly:

    ./python Lib/test/regrtest.py
    ./python -O Lib/test/regrtest.py

But note that this way picks up whatever .pyc and .pyo files happen to be
around.  The makefile and rt.bat ways run the tests twice, the first time
removing all .pyc and .pyo files from the subtree rooted at Lib/.

Test cases generate output based upon values computed by the test code.
When executed, regrtest.py compares the actual output generated by executing
the test case with the expected output and reports success or failure.  It
stands to reason that if the actual and expected outputs are to match, they
must not contain any machine dependencies.  This means your test cases
should not print out absolute machine addresses (e.g. the return value of
the id() builtin function) or floating point numbers with large numbers of
significant digits (unless you understand what you are doing!).


Test Case Writing Tips

Writing good test cases is a skilled task and is too complex to discuss in
detail in this short document.  Many books have been written on the subject.
I'll show my age by suggesting that Glenford Myers' "The Art of Software
Testing", published in 1979, is still the best introduction to the subject
available.  It is short (177 pages), easy to read, and discusses the major
elements of software testing, though its publication predates the
object-oriented software revolution, so doesn't cover that subject at all.
Unfortunately, it is very expensive (about $100 new).  If you can borrow it
or find it used (around $20), I strongly urge you to pick up a copy.

The most important goal when writing test cases is to break things.  A test
case that doesn't uncover a bug is much less valuable than one that does.
In designing test cases you should pay attention to the following:

    * Your test cases should exercise all the functions and objects defined
      in the module, not just the ones meant to be called by users of your
      module.  This may require you to write test code that uses the module
      in ways you don't expect (explicitly calling internal functions, for
      example - see test_atexit.py).

    * You should consider any boundary values that may tickle exceptional
      conditions (e.g. if you were writing regression tests for division,
      you might well want to generate tests with numerators and denominators
      at the limits of floating point and integer numbers on the machine
      performing the tests as well as a denominator of zero).

    * You should exercise as many paths through the code as possible.  This
      may not always be possible, but is a goal to strive for.  In
      particular, when considering if statements (or their equivalent), you
      want to create test cases that exercise both the true and false
      branches.  For loops, you should create test cases that exercise the
      loop zero, one and multiple times.

    * You should test with obviously invalid input.  If you know that a
      function requires an integer input, try calling it with other types of
      objects to see how it responds.

    * You should test with obviously out-of-range input.  If the domain of a
      function is only defined for positive integers, try calling it with a
      negative integer.

    * If you are going to fix a bug that wasn't uncovered by an existing
      test, try to write a test case that exposes the bug (preferably before
      fixing it).

    * If you need to create a temporary file, you can use the filename in
      test_support.TESTFN to do so.  It is important to remove the file
      when done; other tests should be able to use the name without cleaning
      up after your test.


Regression Test Writing Rules

Each test case is different.  There is no "standard" form for a Python
regression test case, though there are some general rules (note that
these mostly apply only to the "classic" tests; unittest- and doctest-
based tests should follow the conventions natural to those frameworks):

    * If your test case detects a failure, raise TestFailed (found in
      test_support).

    * Import everything you'll need as early as possible.

    * If you'll be importing objects from a module that is at least
      partially platform-dependent, only import those objects you need for
      the current test case to avoid spurious ImportError exceptions that
      prevent the test from running to completion.

    * Print all your test case results using the print statement.  For
      non-fatal errors, print an error message (or omit a successful
      completion print) to indicate the failure, but proceed instead of
      raising TestFailed.

    * Use "assert" sparingly, if at all.  It's usually better to just print
      what you got, and rely on regrtest's got-vs-expected comparison to
      catch deviations from what you expect.  assert statements aren't
      executed at all when regrtest is run in -O mode; and, because they
      cause the test to stop immediately, can lead to a long & tedious
      test-fix, test-fix, test-fix, ... cycle when things are badly broken
      (and note that "badly broken" often includes running the test suite
      for the first time on new platforms or under new implementations of
      the language).


Miscellaneous

There is a test_support module you can import from your test case.  It
provides the following useful objects:

    * TestFailed - raise this exception when your regression test detects a
      failure.

    * TestSkipped - raise this if the test could not be run because the
      platform doesn't offer all the required facilities (like large
      file support), even if all the required modules are available.

    * verbose - you can use this variable to control print output.  Many
      modules use it.  Search for "verbose" in the test_*.py files to see
      lots of examples.

    * verify(condition, reason='test failed').  Use this instead of

          assert condition[, reason]

      verify() has two advantages over assert:  it works even in -O mode,
      and it raises TestFailed on failure instead of AssertionError.

    * TESTFN - a string that should always be used as the filename when you
      need to create a temp file.  Also use try/finally to ensure that your
      temp files are deleted before your test completes.  Note that you
      cannot unlink an open file on all operating systems, so also be sure
      to close temp files before trying to unlink them.

    * sortdict(dict) - acts like repr(dict.items()), but sorts the items
      first.  This is important when printing a dict value, because the
      order of items produced by dict.items() is not defined by the
      language.

    * findfile(file) - you can call this function to locate a file somewhere
      along sys.path or in the Lib/test tree - see test_linuxaudiodev.py for
      an example of its use.

    * use_large_resources - true iff tests requiring large time or space
      should be run.

    * fcmp(x,y) - you can call this function to compare two floating point
      numbers when you expect them to only be approximately equal withing a
      fuzz factor (test_support.FUZZ, which defaults to 1e-6).

NOTE:  Always import something from test_support like so:

    from test_support import verbose

or like so:

    import test_support
    ... use test_support.verbose in the code ...

Never import anything from test_support like this:

    from test.test_support import verbose

"test" is a package already, so can refer to modules it contains without
"test." qualification.  If you do an explicit "test.xxx" qualification, that
can fool Python into believing test.xxx is a module distinct from the xxx
in the current package, and you can end up importing two distinct copies of
xxx.  This is especially bad if xxx=test_support, as regrtest.py can (and
routinely does) overwrite its "verbose" and "use_large_resources"
attributes:  if you get a second copy of test_support loaded, it may not
have the same values for those as regrtest intended.


Python and C statement coverage results are currently available at

    http://www.musi-cal.com/~skip/python/Python/dist/src/

As of this writing (July, 2000) these results are being generated nightly.
You can refer to the summaries and the test coverage output files to see
where coverage is adequate or lacking and write test cases to beef up the
coverage.


Some Non-Obvious regrtest Features

    * Automagic test detection:  When you create a new test file
      test_spam.py, you do not need to modify regrtest (or anything else)
      to advertise its existence.  regrtest searches for and runs all
      modules in the test directory with names of the form test_xxx.py.

    * Miranda output:  If, when running test_spam.py, regrtest does not
      find an expected-output file test/output/test_spam, regrtest
      pretends that it did find one, containing the single line

      test_spam

      This allows new tests that don't expect to print anything to stdout
      to not bother creating expected-output files.

    * Two-stage testing:  To run test_spam.py, regrtest imports test_spam
      as a module.  Most tests run to completion as a side-effect of
      getting imported.  After importing test_spam, regrtest also executes
      test_spam.test_main(), if test_spam has a "test_main" attribute.
      This is rarely required with the "traditional" Python tests, and
      you shouldn't create a module global with name test_main unless
      you're specifically exploiting this gimmick.  This usage does
      prove useful with PyUnit-based tests as well, however; defining
      a test_main() which is run by regrtest and a script-stub in the
      test module ("if __name__ == '__main__': test_main()") allows
      the test to be used like any other Python test and also work
      with the unittest.py-as-a-script approach, allowing a developer
      to run specific tests from the command line.