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diff --git a/Doc/library/doctest.rst b/Doc/library/doctest.rst index aa662c0..133a506 100644 --- a/Doc/library/doctest.rst +++ b/Doc/library/doctest.rst @@ -163,10 +163,9 @@ prohibit it by passing ``verbose=False``. In either of those cases, ``sys.argv`` is not examined by :func:`testmod` (so passing :option:`-v` or not has no effect). -Since Python 2.6, there is also a command line shortcut for running -:func:`testmod`. You can instruct the Python interpreter to run the doctest -module directly from the standard library and pass the module name(s) on the -command line:: +There is also a command line shortcut for running :func:`testmod`. You can +instruct the Python interpreter to run the doctest module directly from the +standard library and pass the module name(s) on the command line:: python -m doctest -v example.py @@ -233,10 +232,9 @@ Like :func:`testmod`, :func:`testfile`'s verbosity can be set with the :option:`-v` command-line switch or with the optional keyword argument *verbose*. -Since Python 2.6, there is also a command line shortcut for running -:func:`testfile`. You can instruct the Python interpreter to run the doctest -module directly from the standard library and pass the file name(s) on the -command line:: +There is also a command line shortcut for running :func:`testfile`. You can +instruct the Python interpreter to run the doctest module directly from the +standard library and pass the file name(s) on the command line:: python -m doctest -v example.txt @@ -888,15 +886,10 @@ Unittest API ------------ As your collection of doctest'ed modules grows, you'll want a way to run all -their doctests systematically. Prior to Python 2.4, :mod:`doctest` had a barely -documented :class:`Tester` class that supplied a rudimentary way to combine -doctests from multiple modules. :class:`Tester` was feeble, and in practice most -serious Python testing frameworks build on the :mod:`unittest` module, which -supplies many flexible ways to combine tests from multiple sources. So, in -Python 2.4, :mod:`doctest`'s :class:`Tester` class is deprecated, and -:mod:`doctest` provides two functions that can be used to create :mod:`unittest` -test suites from modules and text files containing doctests. These test suites -can then be run using :mod:`unittest` test runners:: +their doctests systematically. :mod:`doctest` provides two functions that can +be used to create :mod:`unittest` test suites from modules and text files +containing doctests. These test suites can then be run using :mod:`unittest` +test runners:: import unittest import doctest |