Class DocTest

Lib/doctest.py:526–597

A collection of doctest examples that should be run in a single namespace. Each `DocTest` defines the following attributes: - examples: the list of examples. - globs: The namespace (aka globals) that the examples should be run in. - name: A name identifying the

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class DocTest:
    """
    A collection of doctest examples that should be run in a single
    namespace.  Each `DocTest` defines the following attributes:

      - examples: the list of examples.

      - globs: The namespace (aka globals) that the examples should
        be run in.

      - name: A name identifying the DocTest (typically, the name of
        the object whose docstring this DocTest was extracted from).

      - filename: The name of the file that this DocTest was extracted
        from, or `None` if the filename is unknown.

      - lineno: The line number within filename where this DocTest
        begins, or `None` if the line number is unavailable.  This
        line number is zero-based, with respect to the beginning of
        the file.

      - docstring: The string that the examples were extracted from,
        or `None` if the string is unavailable.
    """
    def __init__(self, examples, globs, name, filename, lineno, docstring):
        """
        Create a new DocTest containing the given examples.  The
        DocTest's globals are initialized with a copy of `globs`.
        """
        assert not isinstance(examples, str), \
               "DocTest no longer accepts str; use DocTestParser instead"
        self.examples = examples
        self.docstring = docstring
        self.globs = globs.copy()
        self.name = name
        self.filename = filename
        self.lineno = lineno

    def __repr__(self):
        if len(self.examples) == 0:
            examples = 'no examples'
        elif len(self.examples) == 1:
            examples = '1 example'
        else:
            examples = '%d examples' % len(self.examples)
        return ('<%s %s from %s:%s (%s)>' %
                (self.__class__.__name__,
                 self.name, self.filename, self.lineno, examples))

    def __eq__(self, other):
        if type(self) is not type(other):
            return NotImplemented

        return self.examples == other.examples and \
               self.docstring == other.docstring and \
               self.globs == other.globs and \
               self.name == other.name and \
               self.filename == other.filename and \