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diff --git a/Doc/howto/pyporting.rst b/Doc/howto/pyporting.rst index 5b24a3f..8876c81 100644 --- a/Doc/howto/pyporting.rst +++ b/Doc/howto/pyporting.rst @@ -483,10 +483,14 @@ Been deprecated for a while, but Python 3 finally drops support for friends. -Stop Using :mod:`doctest` -''''''''''''''''''''''''' -While 2to3 tries to port doctests properly, it's a rather tough thing to do. It -is probably best to simply convert your critical doctests to :mod:`unittest`. +Updating doctests +''''''''''''''''' +2to3_ will attempt to generate fixes for doctests that it comes across. It's +not perfect, though. If you wrote a monolithic set of doctests (e.g., a single +docstring containing all of your doctests), you should at least consider +breaking the doctests up into smaller pieces to make it more manageable to fix. +Otherwise it might very well be worth your time and effort to port your tests +to :mod:`unittest`. Eliminate ``-3`` Warnings |