#12415: Update doctesting framework
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       Reporter:  robertwb                                                      
                                                                                
                                                        |         Owner:  
jdemeyer                 
           Type:  enhancement                                                   
                                                                                
                                                        |        Status:  
needs_work               
       Priority:  major                                                         
                                                                                
                                                        |     Milestone:  
sage-5.8                 
      Component:  doctest                                                       
                                                                                
                                                        |    Resolution:        
                   
       Keywords:                                                                
                                                                                
                                                        |   Work issues:        
                   
Report Upstream:  N/A                                                           
                                                                                
                                                        |     Reviewers:  
Jeroen Demeyer, David Roe
        Authors:  David Roe, Robert Bradshaw, Jeroen Demeyer                    
                                                                                
                                                        |     Merged in:        
                   
   Dependencies:  #13147,#13146, #13145, #12723, #12392, #12393, #12395, 
#12396, #12397, #12381, #12382, #12383, #12384, #11871, #13195, #13121, #13748, 
#13899, #12719, #5155, #14070, #14079, #14150, #14158, #14182  |      Stopgaps: 
                          
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Comment (by roed):

 Replying to [comment:210 jdemeyer]:
 > What's the point of running optional tests without optional "sage"
 tests? Because that would badly fail with code like
 > {{{
 > sage: a = some_object()
 > sage: a.some_standard_method()
 > sage: a.use_mypackage()  # optional: mypackage
 > }}}
 > (only the last line would be executed)
 >
 > Are all doctests supposed to be written like
 > {{{
 > sage: a = some_object()
 > sage: a.some_standard_method()
 >
 > sage: a = some_object()  # optional: mypackage
 > sage: a.use_mypackage()  # optional: mypackage
 > }}}

 I agree that the current implementation is kinda dumb.  But I could see
 wanting to run `sage -t --all --optional gap` and have only files with
 optional gap tests be run.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/12415#comment:213>
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