The inner_function is only interpreted if the outer function is called. It cannot be tested this way. It may depend for example on variables that are defined at runtime in the outer function.
Massimo On Jun 29, 3:01 pm, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: > That's a good suggestion, Hans. Unfortunately, when I tried it I get > false OK results -- all the tests are reported as "passing" yet I know > that one of them should fail. Here is my modified controller code, > with 2 doctests for the inner function, 1 of which should fail: > > def my_controller(): > """ > here are some doctests: > > >>> my_controller() > 35 > > """ > > def inner_function(a,b): > """ > here are some doctests: > > >>> inner_function(1,2) > 3 > > >>> inner_function(3,4) > 99 > """ > return a + b > > return 5 * inner_function(3,4) > > On Jun 29, 11:58 am, Hans Donner <[email protected]> wrote: > > > place the doctest for inner function in the docstring for > > innerfunction. now its called before the functions is defined... > > > On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 7:58 PM, Dan<[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I'd like to create some tests for functions that exist within a > > > controller using web2py's (very convenient) doctest integration. Is > > > this possible? > > > > For example, here is a controller with a subfunction and one test > > > defined for the controller and another defined for the function within > > > the controller: > > > > --- > > > def my_controller(): > > > """ > > > here are some doctests: > > > > >>> my_controller() > > > 35 > > > > >>> inner_function(1,2) > > > 3 > > > > """ > > > > def inner_function(a,b): > > > return a + b > > > > return 5 * inner_function(3,4) > > > --- > > > and when running tests, I get one error (edited for brevity): > > > > Line 7, ... in my_controller.__doc__ > > > Failed example: > > > inner_function(1,2) > > > Exception raised: > > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > > File "/usr/lib/python2.5/doctest.py", line 1228, in __run > > > compileflags, 1) in test.globs > > > File "... in my_controller.__doc__[1]>", line 1, in <module> > > > NameError: name 'inner_function' is not defined --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
