[issue31908] trace module cli does not write cover files

[Michael Selik]

Michael Selik <michael.selik at gmail.com> added the comment:

The problem appears to be a mistake in commit f026dae130bf6f9015c4b212f16852ba4a3f3dec

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/f026dae130bf6f9015c4b212f16852ba4a3f3dec

This made the writing of cover files conditional on ``show_missing`` which is the option to mark lines which weren't executed with several angle brackets ">>>>>".

https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/3.5/Lib/trace.py#L326

    mike on mac in ~/
    $ python -m trace --count foo.py
    hello

    mike on mac in ~/
    $ ls *.cover
    ls: *.cover: No such file or directory

    mike on mac in ~/
    $ python -m trace --count -m foo.py
    hello

    mike on mac in ~/
    $ ls *.cover
    -rw-r--r--  1 mike  staff    22B Oct 31 15:40 foo.cover

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