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| author | Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> | 2017-10-15 01:31:14 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2017-10-15 01:31:14 (GMT) |
| commit | 620f70eed615efde35517d7ae86354de3b2a0d03 (patch) | |
| tree | 52c8c9d04c6e3a0317e7b287697001f7c9c04375 /Lib/idlelib/idle_test/README.txt | |
| parent | 8c26a34f93db7ae96b42bcce6b557437436c7721 (diff) | |
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bpo-25588: Document autotest in idle_test/README.txt. (#4000)
Follow-up to Victor's patch that enabled autotest to run in IDLE's Shell.
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diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/README.txt b/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/README.txt index c580fb9..5f3678f 100644 --- a/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/README.txt +++ b/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/README.txt @@ -144,9 +144,18 @@ 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. +given to unittest on the command line or use the test -m option. The +latter allows use of other regrtest options. When using the latter, +all components of the pattern must be present, but any can be replaced +by '*'. python -m unittest -v idlelib.idle_test.test_xyz.Test_case.test_meth +python -m test -m idlelib.idle_test.text_xyz.Test_case.test_meth test_idle + +The test suite can be run in an IDLE user process from Shell. +>>> import test.autotest # Issue 25588, 2017/10/13, 3.6.4, 3.7.0a2. +There are currently failures not usually present, and this does not +work when run from the editor. 4. Human-mediated Tests |