[Python-checkins] r51990 - python/trunk/Lib/test/test_time.py

[brett.cannon]

Author: brett.cannon
Date: Sat Sep 23 21:53:20 2006
New Revision: 51990

Modified:
   python/trunk/Lib/test/test_time.py
Log:
Make output on test_strptime() be more verbose in face of failure.  This is in
hopes that more information will help debug the failing test on HPPA Ubuntu.


Modified: python/trunk/Lib/test/test_time.py
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Lib/test/test_time.py	(original)
+++ python/trunk/Lib/test/test_time.py	Sat Sep 23 21:53:20 2006
@@ -102,15 +102,19 @@
         self.assertEquals(expected, result)
 
     def test_strptime(self):
+        # Should be able to go round-trip from strftime to strptime without
+        # throwing an exception.
         tt = time.gmtime(self.t)
         for directive in ('a', 'A', 'b', 'B', 'c', 'd', 'H', 'I',
                           'j', 'm', 'M', 'p', 'S',
                           'U', 'w', 'W', 'x', 'X', 'y', 'Y', 'Z', '%'):
-            format = ' %' + directive
+            format = '%' + directive
+            strf_output = time.strftime(format, tt)
             try:
-                time.strptime(time.strftime(format, tt), format)
+                time.strptime(strf_output, format)
             except ValueError:
-                self.fail('conversion specifier: %r failed.' % format)
+                self.fail("conversion specifier %r failed with '%s' input." %
+                          (format, strf_output))
 
     def test_asctime(self):
         time.asctime(time.gmtime(self.t))