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authorÉric Araujo <merwok@netwok.org>2010-12-15 19:30:15 (GMT)
committerÉric Araujo <merwok@netwok.org>2010-12-15 19:30:15 (GMT)
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Use nested method directives, rewrap long lines, fix whitespace.
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@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ simple as ::
python -m trace --count -C . somefile.py ...
-The above will execute :file:`somefile.py` and generate annotated listings of all
-Python modules imported during the execution into the current directory.
+The above will execute :file:`somefile.py` and generate annotated listings of
+all Python modules imported during the execution into the current directory.
.. program:: trace
@@ -41,19 +41,19 @@ Python modules imported during the execution into the current directory.
Main options
^^^^^^^^^^^^
-At least one of the following options must be specified when invoking :mod:`trace`.
-The :option:`--listfuncs <-l>` option is mutually exclusive with the
-:option:`--trace <-t>` and :option:`--counts <-c>` options . When :option:`--listfuncs <-l>`
-is provided, neither :option:`--counts <-c>` nor :option:`--trace <-t>` are accepted,
-and vice versa.
+At least one of the following options must be specified when invoking
+:mod:`trace`. The :option:`--listfuncs <-l>` option is mutually exclusive with
+the :option:`--trace <-t>` and :option:`--counts <-c>` options . When
+:option:`--listfuncs <-l>` is provided, neither :option:`--counts <-c>` nor
+:option:`--trace <-t>` are accepted, and vice versa.
.. program:: trace
.. cmdoption:: -c, --count
Produce a set of annotated listing files upon program completion that shows
- how many times each statement was executed.
- See also :option:`--coverdir <-C>`, :option:`--file <-f>`,
+ how many times each statement was executed. See also
+ :option:`--coverdir <-C>`, :option:`--file <-f>` and
:option:`--no-report <-R>` below.
.. cmdoption:: -t, --trace
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ and vice versa.
.. cmdoption:: -r, --report
Produce an annotated list from an earlier program run that used the
- :option:`--count <-c>` and :option:`--file <-f>` option. Do not execute any code.
+ :option:`--count <-c>` and :option:`--file <-f>` option. This does not
+ execute any code.
.. cmdoption:: -T, --trackcalls
@@ -80,12 +81,12 @@ Modifiers
.. cmdoption:: -f, --file=<file>
- Name of a file to accumulate counts over several tracing runs. Should be used
- with the :option:`--count <-c>` option.
+ Name of a file to accumulate counts over several tracing runs. Should be
+ used with the :option:`--count <-c>` option.
.. cmdoption:: -C, --coverdir=<dir>
- Directory where the report files go. The coverage report for
+ Directory where the report files go. The coverage report for
``package.module`` is written to file :file:`{dir}/{package}/{module}.cover`.
.. cmdoption:: -m, --missing
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ Modifiers
.. cmdoption:: -g, --timing
- Prefix each line with the time since the program started. Only used while
+ Prefix each line with the time since the program started. Only used while
tracing.
Filters
@@ -118,8 +119,8 @@ These options may be repeated multiple times.
.. cmdoption:: --ignore-module=<mod>
- Ignore each of the given module names and its submodules (if it is a package).
- The argument can be a list of names separated by a comma.
+ Ignore each of the given module names and its submodules (if it is a
+ package). The argument can be a list of names separated by a comma.
.. cmdoption:: --ignore-dir=<dir>
@@ -131,56 +132,61 @@ These options may be repeated multiple times.
Programmatic Interface
----------------------
-.. class:: Trace(count=1, trace=1, countfuncs=0, countcallers=0, ignoremods=(), ignoredirs=(), infile=None, outfile=None, timing=False)
+.. class:: Trace(count=1, trace=1, countfuncs=0, countcallers=0, ignoremods=(),\
+ ignoredirs=(), infile=None, outfile=None, timing=False)
- Create an object to trace execution of a single statement or expression. All
- parameters are optional. *count* enables counting of line numbers. *trace*
- enables line execution tracing. *countfuncs* enables listing of the functions
- called during the run. *countcallers* enables call relationship tracking.
- *ignoremods* is a list of modules or packages to ignore. *ignoredirs* is a list
- of directories whose modules or packages should be ignored. *infile* is the
- name of the file from which to read stored count information. *outfile* is
- the name of the file in which to write updated count information. *timing*
- enables a timestamp relative to when tracing was started to be displayed.
+ Create an object to trace execution of a single statement or expression. All
+ parameters are optional. *count* enables counting of line numbers. *trace*
+ enables line execution tracing. *countfuncs* enables listing of the
+ functions called during the run. *countcallers* enables call relationship
+ tracking. *ignoremods* is a list of modules or packages to ignore.
+ *ignoredirs* is a list of directories whose modules or packages should be
+ ignored. *infile* is the name of the file from which to read stored count
+ information. *outfile* is the name of the file in which to write updated
+ count information. *timing* enables a timestamp relative to when tracing was
+ started to be displayed.
-.. method:: Trace.run(cmd)
+ .. method:: run(cmd)
- Execute the command and gather statistics from the execution with
- the current tracing parameters.
- *cmd* must be a string or code object, suitable for passing into :func:`exec`.
+ Execute the command and gather statistics from the execution with
+ the current tracing parameters. *cmd* must be a string or code object,
+ suitable for passing into :func:`exec`.
-.. method:: Trace.runctx(cmd, globals=None, locals=None)
+ .. method:: runctx(cmd, globals=None, locals=None)
- Execute the command and gather statistics from the execution with
- the current tracing parameters, in the defined global and local environments.
- If not defined, *globals* and *locals* default to empty dictionaries.
+ Execute the command and gather statistics from the execution with the
+ current tracing parameters, in the defined global and local
+ environments. If not defined, *globals* and *locals* default to empty
+ dictionaries.
-.. method:: Trace.runfunc(func, *args, **kwds)
+ .. method:: runfunc(func, *args, **kwds)
- Call *func* with the given arguments under control of the :class:`Trace` object
- with the current tracing parameters.
+ Call *func* with the given arguments under control of the :class:`Trace`
+ object with the current tracing parameters.
-.. method:: Trace.results()
+ .. method:: results()
- Return a :class:`CoverageResults` object that contains the cumulative results
- of all previous calls to ``run``, ``runctx`` and ``runfunc`` for the given
- :class:`Trace` instance. Does not reset the accumulated trace results.
+ Return a :class:`CoverageResults` object that contains the cumulative
+ results of all previous calls to ``run``, ``runctx`` and ``runfunc``
+ for the given :class:`Trace` instance. Does not reset the accumulated
+ trace results.
.. class:: CoverageResults
- A container for coverage results, created by :meth:`Trace.results`. Should not
- be created directly by the user.
+ A container for coverage results, created by :meth:`Trace.results`. Should
+ not be created directly by the user.
-.. method:: CoverageResults.update(other)
+ .. method:: update(other)
- Merge in data from another :class:`CoverageResults` object.
+ Merge in data from another :class:`CoverageResults` object.
-.. method:: CoverageResults.write_results(show_missing=True, summary=False, coverdir=None)
+ .. method:: write_results(show_missing=True, summary=False, coverdir=None)
- Write coverage results. Set *show_missing* to show lines that had no hits.
- Set *summary* to include in the output the coverage summary per module. *coverdir*
- specifies the directory into which the coverage result files will be output.
- If ``None``, the results for each source file are placed in its directory.
+ Write coverage results. Set *show_missing* to show lines that had no
+ hits. Set *summary* to include in the output the coverage summary per
+ module. *coverdir* specifies the directory into which the coverage
+ result files will be output. If ``None``, the results for each source
+ file are placed in its directory.
A simple example demonstrating the use of the programmatic interface::