[New-bugs-announce] [issue45240] Add +REPORT_NDIFF option to pdb tests that use doctest

[Andrei Kulakov]

New submission from Andrei Kulakov <andrei.avk at gmail.com>:

It would be useful to have +REPORT_NDIFF option applied to pdb doctests because it makes it much more convenient to add / modify pdb tests, to fix pdb bugs, add pdb features.

I've worked on two pdb issues in the last few months and I wasn't aware of +REPORT_NDIFF, and so I was just looking at the output of failing tests (which are very long for some pdb tests), and comparing them manually.

This option, when enabled, automatically provides diff with in-line highlighted difference for a failed doctest. Otherwise two chunks of text are provided, 'EXPECTED' and 'GOT ...'.

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assignee: andrei.avk
components: Tests
messages: 402142
nosy: andrei.avk, kj
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Add +REPORT_NDIFF option to pdb tests that use doctest
type: enhancement
versions: Python 3.11

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