[New-bugs-announce] [issue7583] doctest should normalize tabs when comparing output

[anatoly techtonik]

New submission from anatoly techtonik <techtonik at gmail.com>:

Since 2.4 doctest converts all tabs to 8-space sequences in test source. 
It should do the same with output it receives for comparison. Right now 
there is no way to write a correct doctest if the output includes tab 
character. See attached doctabtest.py

This change would be backwards compatible, because all tests with tabs are 
either fail or run with doctest.NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE flag, which is 
usually inappropriate for doctest cases that involve tab formatting.

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components: Tests
files: doctabtest.py
messages: 96914
nosy: techtonik
severity: normal
status: open
title: doctest should normalize tabs when comparing output
versions: Python 2.5, Python 2.6, Python 2.7, Python 3.1, Python 3.2
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file15679/doctabtest.py

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