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author | Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> | 2016-05-16 03:52:56 (GMT) |
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committer | Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> | 2016-05-16 03:52:56 (GMT) |
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Issue 18910: Edit idle_test/README.txt to add 'requires' usage at module scope.
Uppercase 'GUI', remove 2.7 references and reflow text.
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1 files changed, 62 insertions, 53 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/README.txt b/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/README.txt index 2339926..a823b85 100644 --- a/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/README.txt +++ b/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/README.txt @@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ README FOR IDLE TESTS IN IDLELIB.IDLE_TEST 0. Quick Start -Automated unit tests were added in 2.7 for Python 2.x and 3.3 for Python 3.x. +Automated unit tests were added in 3.3 for Python 3.x. To run the tests from a command line: python -m test.test_idle -Human-mediated tests were added later in 2.7 and in 3.4. +Human-mediated tests were added later in 3.4. python -m idlelib.idle_test.htest @@ -15,9 +15,10 @@ python -m idlelib.idle_test.htest 1. Test Files The idle directory, idlelib, has over 60 xyz.py files. The idle_test -subdirectory should contain a test_xyz.py for each, where 'xyz' is lowercased -even if xyz.py is not. Here is a possible template, with the blanks after after -'.' and 'as', and before and after '_' to be filled in. +subdirectory should contain a test_xyz.py for each, where 'xyz' is +lowercased even if xyz.py is not. Here is a possible template, with the +blanks after after '.' and 'as', and before and after '_' to be filled +in. import unittest from test.support import requires @@ -30,9 +31,9 @@ class _Test(unittest.TestCase): if __name__ == '__main__': unittest.main(verbosity=2) -Add the following at the end of xyy.py, with the appropriate name added after -'test_'. Some files already have something like this for htest. If so, insert -the import and unittest.main lines before the htest lines. +Add the following at the end of xyy.py, with the appropriate name added +after 'test_'. Some files already have something like this for htest. +If so, insert the import and unittest.main lines before the htest lines. if __name__ == "__main__": import unittest @@ -42,18 +43,25 @@ if __name__ == "__main__": 2. GUI Tests -When run as part of the Python test suite, Idle gui tests need to run -test.support.requires('gui') (test.test_support in 2.7). A test is a gui test -if it creates a Tk root or master object either directly or indirectly by -instantiating a tkinter or idle class. For the benefit of test processes that -either have no graphical environment available or are not allowed to use it, gui -tests must be 'guarded' by "requires('gui')" in a setUp function or method. -This will typically be setUpClass. +When run as part of the Python test suite, Idle GUI tests need to run +test.support.requires('gui'). A test is a GUI test if it creates a +tkinter.Tk root or master object either directly or indirectly by +instantiating a tkinter or idle class. GUI tests cannot run in test +processes that either have no graphical environment available or are not +allowed to use it. -To avoid interfering with other gui tests, all gui objects must be destroyed and -deleted by the end of the test. Widgets, such as a Tk root, created in a setUpX -function, should be destroyed in the corresponding tearDownX. Module and class -widget attributes should also be deleted.. +To guard a module consisting entirely of GUI tests, start with + +from test.support import requires +requires('gui') + +To guard a test class, put "requires('gui')" in its setUpClass function. + +To avoid interfering with other GUI tests, all GUI objects must be +destroyed and deleted by the end of the test. Widgets, such as a Tk +root, created in a setUpX function, should be destroyed in the +corresponding tearDownX. Module and class widget attributes should also +be deleted. @classmethod def setUpClass(cls): @@ -69,37 +77,38 @@ widget attributes should also be deleted.. Requires('gui') causes the test(s) it guards to be skipped if any of a few conditions are met: - - The tests are being run by regrtest.py, and it was started without enabling - the "gui" resource with the "-u" command line option. + - The tests are being run by regrtest.py, and it was started without + enabling the "gui" resource with the "-u" command line option. - - The tests are being run on Windows by a service that is not allowed to - interact with the graphical environment. + - The tests are being run on Windows by a service that is not allowed + to interact with the graphical environment. - - The tests are being run on Mac OSX in a process that cannot make a window - manager connection. + - The tests are being run on Mac OSX in a process that cannot make a + window manager connection. - tkinter.Tk cannot be successfully instantiated for some reason. - test.support.use_resources has been set by something other than regrtest.py and does not contain "gui". -Tests of non-gui operations should avoid creating tk widgets. Incidental uses of -tk variables and messageboxes can be replaced by the mock classes in -idle_test/mock_tk.py. The mock text handles some uses of the tk Text widget. +Tests of non-GUI operations should avoid creating tk widgets. Incidental +uses of tk variables and messageboxes can be replaced by the mock +classes in idle_test/mock_tk.py. The mock text handles some uses of the +tk Text widget. 3. Running Unit Tests Assume that xyz.py and test_xyz.py both end with a unittest.main() call. -Running either from an Idle editor runs all tests in the test_xyz file with the -version of Python running Idle. Test output appears in the Shell window. The -'verbosity=2' option lists all test methods in the file, which is appropriate -when developing tests. The 'exit=False' option is needed in xyx.py files when an -htest follows. +Running either from an Idle editor runs all tests in the test_xyz file +with the version of Python running Idle. Test output appears in the +Shell window. The 'verbosity=2' option lists all test methods in the +file, which is appropriate when developing tests. The 'exit=False' +option is needed in xyx.py files when an htest follows. The following command lines also run all test methods, including -gui tests, in test_xyz.py. (Both '-m idlelib' and '-m idlelib.idle' start -Idle and so cannot run tests.) +gui tests, in test_xyz.py. (Both '-m idlelib' and '-m idlelib.idle' +start Idle and so cannot run tests.) python -m idlelib.xyz python -m idlelib.idle_test.test_xyz @@ -109,35 +118,35 @@ The following runs all idle_test/test_*.py tests interactively. >>> import unittest >>> unittest.main('idlelib.idle_test', verbosity=2) -The following run all Idle tests at a command line. Option '-v' is the same as -'verbosity=2'. (For 2.7, replace 'test' in the second line with -'test.regrtest'.) +The following run all Idle tests at a command line. Option '-v' is the +same as 'verbosity=2'. python -m unittest -v idlelib.idle_test python -m test -v -ugui test_idle python -m test.test_idle -The idle tests are 'discovered' by idlelib.idle_test.__init__.load_tests, -which is also imported into test.test_idle. Normally, neither file should be -changed when working on individual test modules. The third command runs -unittest indirectly through regrtest. The same happens when the entire test -suite is run with 'python -m test'. So that command must work for buildbots -to stay green. Idle tests must not disturb the environment in a way that -makes other tests fail (issue 18081). +The idle tests are 'discovered' by +idlelib.idle_test.__init__.load_tests, which is also imported into +test.test_idle. Normally, neither file should be changed when working on +individual test modules. The third command runs unittest indirectly +through regrtest. The same happens when the entire test suite is run +with 'python -m test'. So that command must work for buildbots to stay +green. Idle tests must not disturb the environment in a way that makes +other tests fail (issue 18081). -To run an individual Testcase or test method, extend the dotted name given to -unittest on the command line. +To run an individual Testcase or test method, extend the dotted name +given to unittest on the command line. python -m unittest -v idlelib.idle_test.test_xyz.Test_case.test_meth 4. Human-mediated Tests -Human-mediated tests are widget tests that cannot be automated but need human -verification. They are contained in idlelib/idle_test/htest.py, which has -instructions. (Some modules need an auxiliary function, identified with # htest -# on the header line.) The set is about complete, though some tests need -improvement. To run all htests, run the htest file from an editor or from the -command line with: +Human-mediated tests are widget tests that cannot be automated but need +human verification. They are contained in idlelib/idle_test/htest.py, +which has instructions. (Some modules need an auxiliary function, +identified with "# htest # on the header line.) The set is about +complete, though some tests need improvement. To run all htests, run the +htest file from an editor or from the command line with: python -m idlelib.idle_test.htest |