[Python-Dev] fcmp() in test.support

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Sat Jan 29 13:49:01 CET 2011


On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 5:34 AM, Michael Foord
<fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk> wrote:
> This module shouldn't really be documented at all. It exists to support the
> Python test framework and we don't want to have to support users or make API
> stability guarantees. Plus most of it is rather old. Please don't document
> more stuff in this module.

As Eli noted, we explicitly disclaim all stability guarantees when it
comes to this module.

Documenting it properly is intended to make it easier to write high
quality tests using the utilities we have developed over the years
without having to read the source code.

Cheers,
Nick.

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