Removed fcmp and FUZZ from test.support, following the discussion on python-dev:

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2011-January/107735.html

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/test/support.py b/Lib/test/support.py
index 63c5569..7e544fc 100644
--- a/Lib/test/support.py
+++ b/Lib/test/support.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ __all__ = [
     "verbose", "use_resources", "max_memuse", "record_original_stdout",
     "get_original_stdout", "unload", "unlink", "rmtree", "forget",
     "is_resource_enabled", "requires", "find_unused_port", "bind_port",
-    "fcmp", "is_jython", "TESTFN", "HOST", "FUZZ", "SAVEDCWD", "temp_cwd",
+    "is_jython", "TESTFN", "HOST", "SAVEDCWD", "temp_cwd",
     "findfile", "sortdict", "check_syntax_error", "open_urlresource",
     "check_warnings", "CleanImport", "EnvironmentVarGuard",
     "TransientResource", "captured_output", "captured_stdout",
@@ -349,24 +349,6 @@ def bind_port(sock, host=HOST):
     port = sock.getsockname()[1]
     return port
 
-FUZZ = 1e-6
-
-def fcmp(x, y): # fuzzy comparison function
-    if isinstance(x, float) or isinstance(y, float):
-        try:
-            fuzz = (abs(x) + abs(y)) * FUZZ
-            if abs(x-y) <= fuzz:
-                return 0
-        except:
-            pass
-    elif type(x) == type(y) and isinstance(x, (tuple, list)):
-        for i in range(min(len(x), len(y))):
-            outcome = fcmp(x[i], y[i])
-            if outcome != 0:
-                return outcome
-        return (len(x) > len(y)) - (len(x) < len(y))
-    return (x > y) - (x < y)
-
 # decorator for skipping tests on non-IEEE 754 platforms
 requires_IEEE_754 = unittest.skipUnless(
     float.__getformat__("double").startswith("IEEE"),