New submission from ekorn <jono...@gmail.com>: Combining multiple option flags to doctest.testmod(optionflags=...) requires the bitwise or operator |, not plain "or". I therefore suggest rewording "or-ing together individual option flags." to "or-ing together individual option flags, using the 'bitwise or' operator |.", perhaps with a link to http://docs.python.org/reference/expressions.html#binary-bitwise-operations.
Example: """ Doctest option flags must be or-ed together with '|', not 'or'. >>> print "A B C" A B... """ import doctest print "Combining option flags using bitwise '|'..." doctest.testmod(optionflags=doctest.NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE | doctest.ELLIPSIS) print "Combining option flags using logical 'or'..." doctest.testmod(optionflags=doctest.NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE or doctest.ELLIPSIS) ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 136509 nosy: docs@python, ekorn priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Clarify "or-ing together" doctest option flags versions: Python 2.7 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue12148> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
