2 files changed, 22 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/doctest_aliases.py b/Lib/test/doctest_aliases.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6e5ca9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/test/doctest_aliases.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Used by test_doctest.py.
+
+class TwoNames:
+    '''f() and g() are two names for the same method'''
+
+    def f(self):
+        '''
+        >>> print TwoNames().f()
+        f
+        '''
+        return 'f'
+
+        g = f # define an alias for f
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_doctest.py b/Lib/test/test_doctest.py
index 886da3f..aae93c4 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_doctest.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_doctest.py
@@ -363,26 +363,19 @@ Duplicate Removal
 If a single object is listed twice (under different names), then tests
 will only be generated for it once:
 
-    >>> class TwoNames:
-    ...     '''f() and g() are two names for the same method'''
-    ...
-    ...     def f(self):
-    ...         '''
-    ...         >>> print TwoNames().f()
-    ...         f
-    ...         '''
-    ...         return 'f'
-    ...
-    ...     g = f # define an alias for f.
-
-    >>> finder = doctest.DocTestFinder()
-    >>> tests = finder.find(TwoNames, ignore_imports=False)
+    >>> from test import doctest_aliases
+    >>> tests = finder.find(doctest_aliases)
     >>> tests.sort()
     >>> print len(tests)
     2
     >>> print tests[0].name
-    TwoNames
-    >>> print tests[1].name in ('TwoNames.f', 'TwoNames.g')
+    test.doctest_aliases.TwoNames
+
+    TwoNames.f and TwoNames.g are bound to the same object.
+    We can't guess which will be found in doctest's traversal of
+    TwoNames.__dict__ first, so we have to allow for either.
+
+    >>> tests[1].name.split('.')[-1] in ['f', 'g']
     True
 
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