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README FOR IDLE TESTS IN IDLELIB.IDLE_TEST
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0. Quick Start
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Automated unit tests were added in 2.7 for Python 2.x and 3.3 for Python 3.x.
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To run the tests from a command line:
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python -m test.test_idle
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Human-mediated tests were added later in 2.7 and in 3.4.
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python -m idlelib.idle_test.htest
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1. Test Files
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The idle directory, idlelib, has over 60 xyz.py files. The idle_test
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subdirectory should contain a test_xyz.py for each, where 'xyz' is lowercased
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even if xyz.py is not. Here is a possible template, with the blanks after after
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'.' and 'as', and before and after '_' to be filled in.
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import unittest
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from test.support import requires
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import idlelib. as
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class _Test(unittest.TestCase):
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def test_(self):
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if __name__ == '__main__':
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unittest.main(verbosity=2)
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Add the following at the end of xyy.py, with the appropriate name added after
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'test_'. Some files already have something like this for htest. If so, insert
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the import and unittest.main lines before the htest lines.
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if __name__ == "__main__":
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import unittest
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unittest.main('idlelib.idle_test.test_', verbosity=2, exit=False)
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2. GUI Tests
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When run as part of the Python test suite, Idle gui tests need to run
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test.support.requires('gui') (test.test_support in 2.7). A test is a gui test
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if it creates a Tk root or master object either directly or indirectly by
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instantiating a tkinter or idle class. For the benefit of test processes that
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either have no graphical environment available or are not allowed to use it, gui
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tests must be 'guarded' by "requires('gui')" in a setUp function or method.
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This will typically be setUpClass.
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To avoid interfering with other gui tests, all gui objects must be destroyed and
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deleted by the end of the test. Widgets, such as a Tk root, created in a setUpX
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function, should be destroyed in the corresponding tearDownX. Module and class
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widget attributes should also be deleted..
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@classmethod
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def setUpClass(cls):
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requires('gui')
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cls.root = tk.Tk()
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@classmethod
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def tearDownClass(cls):
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cls.root.destroy()
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del cls.root
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Requires('gui') causes the test(s) it guards to be skipped if any of
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a few conditions are met:
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- The tests are being run by regrtest.py, and it was started without enabling
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the "gui" resource with the "-u" command line option.
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- The tests are being run on Windows by a service that is not allowed to
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interact with the graphical environment.
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- The tests are being run on Mac OSX in a process that cannot make a window
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manager connection.
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- tkinter.Tk cannot be successfully instantiated for some reason.
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- test.support.use_resources has been set by something other than
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regrtest.py and does not contain "gui".
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Tests of non-gui operations should avoid creating tk widgets. Incidental uses of
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tk variables and messageboxes can be replaced by the mock classes in
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idle_test/mock_tk.py. The mock text handles some uses of the tk Text widget.
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3. Running Unit Tests
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Assume that xyz.py and test_xyz.py both end with a unittest.main() call.
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Running either from an Idle editor runs all tests in the test_xyz file with the
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version of Python running Idle. Test output appears in the Shell window. The
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'verbosity=2' option lists all test methods in the file, which is appropriate
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when developing tests. The 'exit=False' option is needed in xyx.py files when an
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htest follows.
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The following command lines also run all test methods, including
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gui tests, in test_xyz.py. (Both '-m idlelib' and '-m idlelib.idle' start
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Idle and so cannot run tests.)
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python -m idlelib.xyz
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python -m idlelib.idle_test.test_xyz
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The following runs all idle_test/test_*.py tests interactively.
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>>> import unittest
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>>> unittest.main('idlelib.idle_test', verbosity=2)
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The following run all Idle tests at a command line. Option '-v' is the same as
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'verbosity=2'. (For 2.7, replace 'test' in the second line with
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'test.regrtest'.)
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python -m unittest -v idlelib.idle_test
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python -m test -v -ugui test_idle
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python -m test.test_idle
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The idle tests are 'discovered' by idlelib.idle_test.__init__.load_tests,
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which is also imported into test.test_idle. Normally, neither file should be
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changed when working on individual test modules. The third command runs
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unittest indirectly through regrtest. The same happens when the entire test
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suite is run with 'python -m test'. So that command must work for buildbots
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to stay green. Idle tests must not disturb the environment in a way that
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makes other tests fail (issue 18081).
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To run an individual Testcase or test method, extend the dotted name given to
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unittest on the command line.
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python -m unittest -v idlelib.idle_test.test_xyz.Test_case.test_meth
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4. Human-mediated Tests
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Human-mediated tests are widget tests that cannot be automated but need human
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verification. They are contained in idlelib/idle_test/htest.py, which has
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instructions. (Some modules need an auxiliary function, identified with # htest
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# on the header line.) The set is about complete, though some tests need
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improvement. To run all htests, run the htest file from an editor or from the
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command line with:
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python -m idlelib.idle_test.htest
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