doctest with variable return value

[3KWA]

Peter Otten wrote:

> You cannot test for an unknown value, but you can do some sanity checks:
>
>     >>> rate = get_rate('AUDEUR')
>     >>> rate > 0
>     True
>     >>> isinstance(rate, float)
>     True
>
> This will at least make sure that get_rate() does not throw an exception.

Thanks a lot ... sanity checks ... it makes a lot of sense to me!

At EuroPython I attended a talk where someone said that untested code
is nothing ... so I am trying to write something instead of nothing ...
on the other hand can code ever be over tested?

EuGeNe