[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Lib/test test_traceback.py, 1.13, 1.14

[rhettinger at users.sourceforge.net]

Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Lib/test
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv6406

Modified Files:
	test_traceback.py 
Log Message:
* Bumped up the sleep() delay to four seconds so this test will run
  reliably on WinME with FAT32.
* Native speaker rewrite of the comment block.
* Removed unnecessary backslashes from the multi-line function defintions.



Index: test_traceback.py
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Lib/test/test_traceback.py,v
retrieving revision 1.13
retrieving revision 1.14
diff -u -d -r1.13 -r1.14
--- test_traceback.py	1 Nov 2004 08:26:09 -0000	1.13
+++ test_traceback.py	1 Nov 2004 22:27:14 -0000	1.14
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         try:
             sys.path.insert(0, testdir)
             testfile = os.path.join(testdir, 'test_bug737473.py')
-            print >> open(testfile, 'w'), """\
+            print >> open(testfile, 'w'), """
 def test():
     raise ValueError"""
 
@@ -62,12 +62,15 @@
                 # this loads source code to linecache
                 traceback.extract_tb(sys.exc_traceback)
 
-            # If this test runs fast, test_bug737473.py will stay in a mtime
-            # even if it's rewrited and it'll not reloaded in result.  So wait
-            # until new timestamp comes.
-            time.sleep(2)
+            # If this test runs too quickly, test_bug737473.py's mtime
+            # attribute will remain unchanged even if the file is rewritten.
+            # Consequently, the file would not reload.  So, added a sleep()
+            # delay to assure that a new, distinct timestamp is written.
+            # Since WinME with FAT32 has multisecond resolution, more than
+            # three seconds are needed for this test to pass reliably :-(
+            time.sleep(4)
 
-            print >> open(testfile, 'w'), """\
+            print >> open(testfile, 'w'), """
 def test():
     raise NotImplementedError"""
             reload(test_bug737473)