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authorBenjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>2012-09-29 18:14:19 (GMT)
committerBenjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>2012-09-29 18:14:19 (GMT)
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@@ -2334,7 +2334,12 @@ def DocTestSuite(module=None, globs=None, extraglobs=None, test_finder=None,
elif not tests:
# Why do we want to do this? Because it reveals a bug that might
# otherwise be hidden.
- raise ValueError(module, "has no tests")
+ # It is probably a bug that this exception is not also raised if the
+ # number of doctest examples in tests is zero (i.e. if no doctest
+ # examples were found). However, we should probably not be raising
+ # an exception at all here, though it is too late to make this change
+ # for a maintenance release. See also issue #14649.
+ raise ValueError(module, "has no docstrings")
tests.sort()
suite = unittest.TestSuite()