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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libdoctest.tex b/Doc/lib/libdoctest.tex index c0bdf6d..0741aa0 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libdoctest.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libdoctest.tex @@ -356,6 +356,15 @@ can also be used in doctest directives (see below). actual outputs will be displayed using a context diff. \end{datadesc} +\begin{datadesc}{NDIFF_DIFF} + When specified, differences are computed by \code{difflib.Differ}, + using the same algorithm as the popular \file{ndiff.py} utility. + This is the only method that marks differences within lines as + well as across lines. For example, if a line of expected output + contains digit \code{1} where actual output contains letter \code{l}, + a line is inserted with a caret marking the mismatching column + positions. +\end{datadesc} A "doctest directive" is a trailing Python comment on a line of a doctest example: @@ -414,7 +423,8 @@ can be useful. \versionchanged[Constants \constant{DONT_ACCEPT_BLANKLINE}, \constant{NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE}, \constant{ELLIPSIS}, - \constant{UNIFIED_DIFF}, and \constant{CONTEXT_DIFF} + \constant{UNIFIED_DIFF}, \constant{CONTEXT_DIFF}, and + \constant{NDIFF_DIFF} were added; by default \code{<BLANKLINE>} in expected output matches an empty line in actual output; and doctest directives were added]{2.4} |