[Python-checkins] peps: Convert PEP 417 to rst.

ezio.melotti python-checkins at python.org
Mon Mar 12 23:33:23 CET 2012


http://hg.python.org/peps/rev/165ef1bcbce4
changeset:   4128:165ef1bcbce4
user:        Ezio Melotti <ezio.melotti at gmail.com>
date:        Tue Mar 13 00:33:12 2012 +0200
summary:
  Convert PEP 417 to rst.

files:
  pep-0417.txt |  104 +++++++++++++++++++++------------------
  1 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-)


diff --git a/pep-0417.txt b/pep-0417.txt
--- a/pep-0417.txt
+++ b/pep-0417.txt
@@ -5,79 +5,87 @@
 Author: Michael Foord <michael at python.org>
 Status: Draft
 Type: Standards Track
-Content-Type: text/plain
+Content-Type: text/x-rst
 Created: 12-Mar-2012
 Python-Version: 3.3
 Post-History: 12-Mar-2012
 
 
 Abstract
+========
 
-    This PEP proposes adding the mock [1]  testing library
-    to the Python standard library as ``unittest.mock``.
+This PEP proposes adding the mock [1]_ testing library
+to the Python standard library as ``unittest.mock``.
 
 
 Rationale
+=========
 
-    Creating mock objects for testing is a common need in Python.
-    Many developers create ad-hoc mocks, as needed, in their test
-    suites. This is currently what we do in the Python test suite,
-    where a standardised mock object library would be helpful.
-    
-    There are many mock object libraries available for Python [2].
-    Of these, mock is overwhelmingly the most popular, with as many
-    downloads on PyPI as the other mocking libraries combined.
-    
-    An advantage of mock is that it is a mocking library and not a
-    framework. It provides a configurable and flexible mock object,
-    without being opinionated about how you write your tests. The
-    mock api is now well battle-tested and stable.
-    
-    mock also handles safely monkeypatching and unmonkeypatching
-    objects during the scope of a test. This is hard to do safely
-    and many developers / projects mimic this functionality
-    (often incorrectly). A standardised way to do this, handling
-    the complexity of patching in the presence of the descriptor
-    protocol (etc) is useful. People are asking for a "patch" [3]
-    feature to unittest. Doing this via mock.patch is preferable
-    to re-implementing part of this functionality in unittest.
+Creating mock objects for testing is a common need in Python.
+Many developers create ad-hoc mocks, as needed, in their test
+suites. This is currently what we do in the Python test suite,
+where a standardised mock object library would be helpful.
+
+There are many mock object libraries available for Python [2]_.
+Of these, mock is overwhelmingly the most popular, with as many
+downloads on PyPI as the other mocking libraries combined.
+
+An advantage of mock is that it is a mocking library and not a
+framework. It provides a configurable and flexible mock object,
+without being opinionated about how you write your tests. The
+mock api is now well battle-tested and stable.
+
+mock also handles safely monkeypatching and unmonkeypatching
+objects during the scope of a test. This is hard to do safely
+and many developers / projects mimic this functionality
+(often incorrectly). A standardised way to do this, handling
+the complexity of patching in the presence of the descriptor
+protocol (etc) is useful. People are asking for a "patch" [3]_
+feature to unittest. Doing this via mock.patch is preferable
+to re-implementing part of this functionality in unittest.
 
 
 Background
-    Addition of mock to the Python standard library was discussed
-    and agreed to at the Python Language Summit 2012.
+==========
+
+Addition of mock to the Python standard library was discussed
+and agreed to at the Python Language Summit 2012.
 
 
 Open Issues
-    As of release 0.8, which is current at the time of writing, 
-    mock is compatible with Python 2.4-3.2. Moving into the Python
-    standard library will allow for the removal of some Python 2
-    specific "compatibility hacks".
-    
-    mock 0.8 introduced a new feature, "auto-speccing", obsoletes
-    an older mock feature called "mocksignature". The 
-    "mocksignature" functionality can be removed from mock
-    altogether prior to inclusion.
+===========
+
+As of release 0.8, which is current at the time of writing,
+mock is compatible with Python 2.4-3.2. Moving into the Python
+standard library will allow for the removal of some Python 2
+specific "compatibility hacks".
+
+mock 0.8 introduced a new feature, "auto-speccing", obsoletes
+an older mock feature called "mocksignature". The
+"mocksignature" functionality can be removed from mock
+altogether prior to inclusion.
     
 
 References
+==========
 
-    [1] `mock library on PyPI <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/mock>`_
-    [2] http://pypi.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=search&term=mock&submit=search
-    [3] http://bugs.python.org/issue11664
-
+.. [1] `mock library on PyPI <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/mock>`_
+.. [2] http://pypi.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=search&term=mock&submit=search
+.. [3] http://bugs.python.org/issue11664
 
 
 Copyright
+=========
 
-    This document has been placed in the public domain.
+This document has been placed in the public domain.
 
 
 
-Local Variables:
-mode: indented-text
-indent-tabs-mode: nil
-sentence-end-double-space: t
-fill-column: 70
-coding: utf-8
-End:
+..
+   Local Variables:
+   mode: indented-text
+   indent-tabs-mode: nil
+   sentence-end-double-space: t
+   fill-column: 70
+   coding: utf-8
+   End:

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