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@@ -581,17 +581,6 @@ TypeError: object doesn't support item assignment
\end{datadesc}
-\begin{datadesc}{NORMALIZE_NUMBERS}
- When specified, number literals in the expected output will match
- corresponding number literals in the actual output if their values
- are equal (to ten digits of precision). For example, \code{1.1}
- will match \code{1.1000000000000001}; and \code{1L} will match
- \code{1} and \code{1.0}. Currently, \constant{NORMALIZE_NUMBERS}
- can fail to normalize numbers when used in conjunction with
- ellipsis. In particular, if an ellipsis marker matches one or
- more numbers, then number normalization is not supported.
-\end{datadesc}
-
\begin{datadesc}{COMPARISON_FLAGS}
A bitmask or'ing together all the comparison flags above.
\end{datadesc}
@@ -713,7 +702,7 @@ can be useful.
\versionchanged[Constants \constant{DONT_ACCEPT_BLANKLINE},
\constant{NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE}, \constant{ELLIPSIS},
- \constant{IGNORE_EXCEPTION_DETAIL}, \constant{NORMALIZE_NUMBERS},
+ \constant{IGNORE_EXCEPTION_DETAIL},
\constant{REPORT_UDIFF}, \constant{REPORT_CDIFF},
\constant{REPORT_NDIFF}, \constant{REPORT_ONLY_FIRST_FAILURE},
\constant{COMPARISON_FLAGS} and \constant{REPORTING_FLAGS}
@@ -751,7 +740,6 @@ in any particular order, so a test like
% Hey! What happened to Monty Python examples?
% Tim: ask Guido -- it's his example!
-% doctest: ignore
\begin{verbatim}
>>> foo()
{"Hermione": "hippogryph", "Harry": "broomstick"}
@@ -759,7 +747,6 @@ in any particular order, so a test like
is vulnerable! One workaround is to do
-% doctest: ignore
\begin{verbatim}
>>> foo() == {"Hermione": "hippogryph", "Harry": "broomstick"}
True
@@ -767,7 +754,6 @@ True
instead. Another is to do
-% doctest: ignore
\begin{verbatim}
>>> d = foo().items()
>>> d.sort()
@@ -779,7 +765,6 @@ There are others, but you get the idea.
Another bad idea is to print things that embed an object address, like
-% doctest: ignore
\begin{verbatim}
>>> id(1.0) # certain to fail some of the time
7948648
@@ -791,7 +776,6 @@ Another bad idea is to print things that embed an object address, like
The \constant{ELLIPSIS} directive gives a nice approach for the last
example:
-% doctest: ignore
\begin{verbatim}
>>> C() #doctest: +ELLIPSIS
<__main__.C instance at 0x...>
@@ -801,7 +785,6 @@ Floating-point numbers are also subject to small output variations across
platforms, because Python defers to the platform C library for float
formatting, and C libraries vary widely in quality here.
-% doctest: ignore
\begin{verbatim}
>>> 1./7 # risky
0.14285714285714285
@@ -1635,7 +1618,6 @@ Doctest provides several mechanisms for debugging doctest examples:
Then an interactive Python session may look like this:
-% doctest: ignore
\begin{verbatim}
>>> import a, doctest
>>> doctest.testmod(a)