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Re: Writing tests for the Python bug tracker

2010-03-20T11:00:31Z

On Mar 20, 6:52 am, Steven D'Aprano <st...@REMOVE-THIS-
This looks like a fine start to me. I have a feeling that the current
fashion is for assertEqual rather than assertEquals, but I might be
wrong. :)

Re: Writing tests for the Python bug tracker

2010-03-20T10:56:51Z

On Mar 20, 6:23 am, Steven D'Aprano <st...@REMOVE-THIS-
Not that I can think of, beyond those you've already mentioned. I
mostly just copy the style of existing tests (though there are
definitely some test_*** files that aren't particularly well written).
For quick questions, you might get good answers by asking on the

Re: google token

2010-03-20T10:12:40Z

Perhaps you should be asking a Java discussion group? This group is for
discussing Python.

Re: Writing tests for the Python bug tracker

2010-03-20T09:53:33Z

Doh! *face-palm*
I was shadowing the test package with a long forgotten test module.

Re: C-API PyObject_Call

2010-03-20T09:44:39Z

moerchendiser2k3, 20.03.2010 03:01:
> But in a case, I expect a special return value of this function.
Ah, ok, that was the important piece of information that you omitted from
your previous posts. So what you actually do is call a user provided
function and you want to report errors back to the user if the function

Re: sqlite3, memory db and multithreading

2010-03-20T09:19:36Z

On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:04:16 +0100, królewna <króle...@ee.pl> declaimed
the following in gmane.comp.python.general:
Is there any real reason you need to use an in-memory database?
What about using the tmpfile module to obtain a named temporary file
name, pass that name to all the threads for connection purposes...

google token

2010-03-20T09:17:14Z

I'd like to acquire a token, as below, but from Java:
def get_token(self,force=False) :
'''Return a tokey. A token is a special string that is used like
a session identification, but that expire rather quickly.'''
if ( force or (self._token == None) ) :
feedurl = CONST.URI_PREFIXE_API + CONST.API_TOKEN + '?

Re: logging: local functions ==> loss of lineno

2010-03-20T08:36:22Z

Just reading it is a significantly more conservative approach than setting
it to an object with an unusual notion of equality ;)
How about replacing logging._srcfile with fixname(logging.__file__)?
Yeah, I had hoped that I could get away without drawing the "consenting
adults" wildcard...

Having two filename/lineno sets ist likely to confuse.

Re: to pass self or not to pass self

2010-03-20T07:32:23Z

Yes, len() invokes the C-level sq_len slot of the type object,
which for built-in types points directly to the C function
implementing the len() operation for that type. So len() on
a string doesn't involve looking up a __len__ attribute or
creating a bound method at all.
The only reason a __len__ attribute exists at all for

Re: Writing tests for the Python bug tracker

2010-03-20T07:07:58Z

Take a careful look at the stack being reported. Then, think of a
better name than "test" for your file.
Jean-Paul

Re: Writing tests for the Python bug tracker

2010-03-20T06:52:08Z

I've found this:
[link]
and I've written a small test:
$ cat test_unicode_interpolation.py
import test.test_support
import unittest
class K(unicode):
def __str__(self): return "Surprise!"
class UnicodeInterpolationTest(unitt est.TestCase):
def test_interpolation(self):

Writing tests for the Python bug tracker

2010-03-20T06:23:14Z

I have two reported bugs in the bug tracker waiting on tests:
[link]
[link]
Are there any guidelines for writing tests for the standard library and
language? I've googled, but found nothing useful: lots of guidelines for
writing tests, and of course I've read PEP 8, but I'm not sure if there

Re: (updated) Choosing a collection of common modules/packages for a general purpose reusable PY2EXE runtime

2010-03-20T04:39:38Z

In article <mailman.491.1268144871.23598. python-l...@python.org>,
It's not clear what the purpose of this is. You can build several
scripts against the same py2exe backend.

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2010-03-20T04:18:15Z

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Re: Simple lock

2010-03-20T04:15:08Z

* MRAB:
Right. But the OP is clearly a beginner who has yet to learn conventions (like
all uppercase reserved for macros) and good versus bad programming constructs
(like using void*), and who is even confusing C++ with Python. So it might just
be that 'Lock' is a macro, and then it can expand to anything.