Doctests: run doctests with nose — nose 1.3.7 documentation

# Doctests: run doctests with nose

Use the Doctest plugin with `--with-doctest` or the NOSE_WITH_DOCTEST environment variable to enable collection and execution of `doctests`. Because doctests are usually included in the tested package (instead of being grouped into packages or modules of their own), nose only looks for them in the non-test packages it discovers in the working directory.

Doctests may also be placed into files other than python modules, in which case they can be collected and executed by using the `--doctest-extension` switch or NOSE_DOCTEST_EXTENSION environment variable to indicate which file extension(s) to load.

When loading doctests from non-module files, use the `--doctest-fixtures` switch to specify how to find modules containing fixtures for the tests. A module name will be produced by appending the value of that switch to the base name of each doctest file loaded. For example, a doctest file “widgets.rst” with the switch `--doctest_fixtures=_fixt` will load fixtures from the module `widgets_fixt.py`.

A fixtures module may define any or all of the following functions:

- setup([module]) or setup_module([module])

  Called before the test runs. You may raise SkipTest to skip all tests.

- teardown([module]) or teardown_module([module])

  Called after the test runs, if setup/setup_module did not raise an unhandled exception.

- setup_test(test)

  Called before the test. NOTE: the argument passed is a doctest.DocTest instance, not a unittest.TestCase.

- teardown_test(test)

  Called after the test, if setup_test did not raise an exception. NOTE: the argument passed is a doctest.DocTest instance, not a unittest.TestCase.

Doctests are run like any other test, with the exception that output capture does not work; doctest does its own output capture while running a test.

Note

See ../doc_tests/test_doctest_fixtures/doctest_fixtures for additional documentation and examples.

## Options

`--with-doctest```

  Enable plugin Doctest: Activate doctest plugin to find and run doctests in non-test modules. [NOSE_WITH_DOCTEST]

`--doctest-tests```

  Also look for doctests in test modules. Note that classes, methods and functions should have either doctests or non-doctest tests, not both. [NOSE_DOCTEST_TESTS]

`--doctest-extension``=EXT`

  Also look for doctests in files with this extension [NOSE_DOCTEST_EXTENSION]

`--doctest-result-variable``=VAR`

  Change the variable name set to the result of the last interpreter command from the default ‘_’. Can be used to avoid conflicts with the _() function used for text translation. [NOSE_DOCTEST_RESULT_VAR]

`--doctest-fixtures``=SUFFIX`

  Find fixtures for a doctest file in module with this name appended to the base name of the doctest file

`--doctest-options``=OPTIONS`

  Specify options to pass to doctest. Eg. ‘+ELLIPSIS,+NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE’

## Plugin

class `nose.plugins.doctests.` `Doctest`

  Bases: `nose.plugins.base.Plugin`

  Activate doctest plugin to find and run doctests in non-test modules.

  `configure`(options, config)

    Configure plugin.

  `loadTestsFromFile`(filename)

    Load doctests from the file.

    Tests are loaded only if filename’s extension matches configured doctest extension.

  `loadTestsFromModule`(module)

    Load doctests from the module.

  `makeTest`(obj, parent)

    Look for doctests in the given object, which will be a function, method or class.

  `options`(parser, env)

    Register commmandline options.

  `prepareTestLoader`(loader)

    Capture loader’s suiteClass.

    This is used to create test suites from doctest files.

  `suiteClass`

    alias of `DoctestSuite`

  `wantFile`(file)

    Override to select all modules and any file ending with configured doctest extension.

## Source

    """Use the Doctest plugin with ``--with-doctest`` or the NOSE_WITH_DOCTEST
    environment variable to enable collection and execution of :mod:`doctests
    <doctest>`.  Because doctests are usually included in the tested package
    (instead of being grouped into packages or modules of their own), nose only
    looks for them in the non-test packages it discovers in the working directory.

    Doctests may also be placed into files other than python modules, in which
    case they can be collected and executed by using the ``--doctest-extension``
    switch or NOSE_DOCTEST_EXTENSION environment variable to indicate which file
    extension(s) to load.

    When loading doctests from non-module files, use the ``--doctest-fixtures``
    switch to specify how to find modules containing fixtures for the tests. A
    module name will be produced by appending the value of that switch to the base
    name of each doctest file loaded. For example, a doctest file "widgets.rst"
    with the switch ``--doctest_fixtures=_fixt`` will load fixtures from the module
    ``widgets_fixt.py``.

    A fixtures module may define any or all of the following functions:

    * setup([module]) or setup_module([module])

      Called before the test runs. You may raise SkipTest to skip all tests.

    * teardown([module]) or teardown_module([module])

      Called after the test runs, if setup/setup_module did not raise an
      unhandled exception.

    * setup_test(test)

      Called before the test. NOTE: the argument passed is a
      doctest.DocTest instance, *not* a unittest.TestCase.

    * teardown_test(test)

      Called after the test, if setup_test did not raise an exception. NOTE: the
      argument passed is a doctest.DocTest instance, *not* a unittest.TestCase.

    Doctests are run like any other test, with the exception that output
    capture does not work; doctest does its own output capture while running a
    test.

    .. note ::

       See :doc:`../doc_tests/test_doctest_fixtures/doctest_fixtures` for
       additional documentation and examples.

    """
    from __future__ import generators

    import logging
    import os
    import sys
    import unittest
    from inspect import getmodule
    from nose.plugins.base import Plugin
    from nose.suite import ContextList
    from nose.util import anyp, getpackage, test_address, resolve_name, \
         src, tolist, isproperty
    try:
        from cStringIO import StringIO
    except ImportError:
        from StringIO import StringIO
    import sys
    import __builtin__ as builtin_mod

    log = logging.getLogger(__name__)

    try:
        import doctest
        doctest.DocTestCase
        # system version of doctest is acceptable, but needs a monkeypatch
    except (ImportError, AttributeError):
        # system version is too old
        import nose.ext.dtcompat as doctest

    #
    # Doctest and coverage don't get along, so we need to create
    # a monkeypatch that will replace the part of doctest that
    # interferes with coverage reports.
    #
    # The monkeypatch is based on this zope patch:
    # http://svn.zope.org/Zope3/trunk/src/zope/testing/doctest.py?rev=28679&r1=28703&r2=28705
    #
    _orp = doctest._OutputRedirectingPdb

    class NoseOutputRedirectingPdb(_orp):
        def __init__(self, out):
            self.__debugger_used = False
            _orp.__init__(self, out)

        def set_trace(self):
            self.__debugger_used = True
            _orp.set_trace(self, sys._getframe().f_back)

        def set_continue(self):
            # Calling set_continue unconditionally would break unit test
            # coverage reporting, as Bdb.set_continue calls sys.settrace(None).
            if self.__debugger_used:
                _orp.set_continue(self)
    doctest._OutputRedirectingPdb = NoseOutputRedirectingPdb

    class DoctestSuite(unittest.TestSuite):
        """
        Doctest suites are parallelizable at the module or file level only,
        since they may be attached to objects that are not individually
        addressable (like properties). This suite subclass is used when
        loading doctests from a module to ensure that behavior.

        This class is used only if the plugin is not fully prepared;
        in normal use, the loader's suiteClass is used.

        """
        can_split = False

        def __init__(self, tests=(), context=None, can_split=False):
            self.context = context
            self.can_split = can_split
            unittest.TestSuite.__init__(self, tests=tests)

        def address(self):
            return test_address(self.context)

        def __iter__(self):
            # 2.3 compat
            return iter(self._tests)

        def __str__(self):
            return str(self._tests)

    class Doctest(Plugin):
        """
        Activate doctest plugin to find and run doctests in non-test modules.
        """
        extension = None
        suiteClass = DoctestSuite

        def options(self, parser, env):
            """Register commmandline options.
            """
            Plugin.options(self, parser, env)
            parser.add_option('--doctest-tests', action='store_true',
                              dest='doctest_tests',
                              default=env.get('NOSE_DOCTEST_TESTS'),
                              help="Also look for doctests in test modules. "
                              "Note that classes, methods and functions should "
                              "have either doctests or non-doctest tests, "
                              "not both. [NOSE_DOCTEST_TESTS]")
            parser.add_option('--doctest-extension', action="append",
                              dest="doctestExtension",
                              metavar="EXT",
                              help="Also look for doctests in files with "
                              "this extension [NOSE_DOCTEST_EXTENSION]")
            parser.add_option('--doctest-result-variable',
                              dest='doctest_result_var',
                              default=env.get('NOSE_DOCTEST_RESULT_VAR'),
                              metavar="VAR",
                              help="Change the variable name set to the result of "
                              "the last interpreter command from the default '_'. "
                              "Can be used to avoid conflicts with the _() "
                              "function used for text translation. "
                              "[NOSE_DOCTEST_RESULT_VAR]")
            parser.add_option('--doctest-fixtures', action="store",
                              dest="doctestFixtures",
                              metavar="SUFFIX",
                              help="Find fixtures for a doctest file in module "
                              "with this name appended to the base name "
                              "of the doctest file")
            parser.add_option('--doctest-options', action="append",
                              dest="doctestOptions",
                              metavar="OPTIONS",
                              help="Specify options to pass to doctest. " +
                              "Eg. '+ELLIPSIS,+NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE'")
            # Set the default as a list, if given in env; otherwise
            # an additional value set on the command line will cause
            # an error.
            env_setting = env.get('NOSE_DOCTEST_EXTENSION')
            if env_setting is not None:
                parser.set_defaults(doctestExtension=tolist(env_setting))

        def configure(self, options, config):
            """Configure plugin.
            """
            Plugin.configure(self, options, config)
            self.doctest_result_var = options.doctest_result_var
            self.doctest_tests = options.doctest_tests
            self.extension = tolist(options.doctestExtension)
            self.fixtures = options.doctestFixtures
            self.finder = doctest.DocTestFinder()
            self.optionflags = 0
            if options.doctestOptions:
                flags = ",".join(options.doctestOptions).split(',')
                for flag in flags:
                    if not flag or flag[0] not in '+-':
                        raise ValueError(
                            "Must specify doctest options with starting " +
                            "'+' or '-'.  Got %s" % (flag,))
                    mode, option_name = flag[0], flag[1:]
                    option_flag = doctest.OPTIONFLAGS_BY_NAME.get(option_name)
                    if not option_flag:
                        raise ValueError("Unknown doctest option %s" %
                                         (option_name,))
                    if mode == '+':
                        self.optionflags |= option_flag
                    elif mode == '-':
                        self.optionflags &= ~option_flag

        def prepareTestLoader(self, loader):
            """Capture loader's suiteClass.

            This is used to create test suites from doctest files.

            """
            self.suiteClass = loader.suiteClass

        def loadTestsFromModule(self, module):
            """Load doctests from the module.
            """
            log.debug("loading from %s", module)
            if not self.matches(module.__name__):
                log.debug("Doctest doesn't want module %s", module)
                return
            try:
                tests = self.finder.find(module)
            except AttributeError:
                log.exception("Attribute error loading from %s", module)
                # nose allows module.__test__ = False; doctest does not and throws
                # AttributeError
                return
            if not tests:
                log.debug("No tests found in %s", module)
                return
            tests.sort()
            module_file = src(module.__file__)
            # FIXME this breaks the id plugin somehow (tests probably don't
            # get wrapped in result proxy or something)
            cases = []
            for test in tests:
                if not test.examples:
                    continue
                if not test.filename:
                    test.filename = module_file
                cases.append(DocTestCase(test,
                                         optionflags=self.optionflags,
                                         result_var=self.doctest_result_var))
            if cases:
                yield self.suiteClass(cases, context=module, can_split=False)

        def loadTestsFromFile(self, filename):
            """Load doctests from the file.

            Tests are loaded only if filename's extension matches
            configured doctest extension.

            """
            if self.extension and anyp(filename.endswith, self.extension):
                name = os.path.basename(filename)
                dh = open(filename)
                try:
                    doc = dh.read()
                finally:
                    dh.close()

                fixture_context = None
                globs = {'__file__': filename}
                if self.fixtures:
                    base, ext = os.path.splitext(name)
                    dirname = os.path.dirname(filename)
                    sys.path.append(dirname)
                    fixt_mod = base + self.fixtures
                    try:
                        fixture_context = __import__(
                            fixt_mod, globals(), locals(), ["nop"])
                    except ImportError, e:
                        log.debug(
                            "Could not import %s: %s (%s)", fixt_mod, e, sys.path)
                    log.debug("Fixture module %s resolved to %s",
                              fixt_mod, fixture_context)
                    if hasattr(fixture_context, 'globs'):
                        globs = fixture_context.globs(globs)
                parser = doctest.DocTestParser()
                test = parser.get_doctest(
                    doc, globs=globs, name=name,
                    filename=filename, lineno=0)
                if test.examples:
                    case = DocFileCase(
                        test,
                        optionflags=self.optionflags,
                        setUp=getattr(fixture_context, 'setup_test', None),
                        tearDown=getattr(fixture_context, 'teardown_test', None),
                        result_var=self.doctest_result_var)
                    if fixture_context:
                        yield ContextList((case,), context=fixture_context)
                    else:
                        yield case
                else:
                    yield False # no tests to load

        def makeTest(self, obj, parent):
            """Look for doctests in the given object, which will be a
            function, method or class.
            """
            name = getattr(obj, '__name__', 'Unnammed %s' % type(obj))
            doctests = self.finder.find(obj, module=getmodule(parent), name=name)
            if doctests:
                for test in doctests:
                    if len(test.examples) == 0:
                        continue
                    yield DocTestCase(test, obj=obj, optionflags=self.optionflags,
                                      result_var=self.doctest_result_var)

        def matches(self, name):
            # FIXME this seems wrong -- nothing is ever going to
            # fail this test, since we're given a module NAME not FILE
            if name == '__init__.py':
                return False
            # FIXME don't think we need include/exclude checks here?
            return ((self.doctest_tests or not self.conf.testMatch.search(name)
                     or (self.conf.include
                         and filter(None,
                                    [inc.search(name)
                                     for inc in self.conf.include])))
                    and (not self.conf.exclude
                         or not filter(None,
                                       [exc.search(name)
                                        for exc in self.conf.exclude])))

        def wantFile(self, file):
            """Override to select all modules and any file ending with
            configured doctest extension.
            """
            # always want .py files
            if file.endswith('.py'):
                return True
            # also want files that match my extension
            if (self.extension
                and anyp(file.endswith, self.extension)
                and (not self.conf.exclude
                     or not filter(None,
                                   [exc.search(file)
                                    for exc in self.conf.exclude]))):
                return True
            return None

    class DocTestCase(doctest.DocTestCase):
        """Overrides DocTestCase to
        provide an address() method that returns the correct address for
        the doctest case. To provide hints for address(), an obj may also
        be passed -- this will be used as the test object for purposes of
        determining the test address, if it is provided.
        """
        def __init__(self, test, optionflags=0, setUp=None, tearDown=None,
                     checker=None, obj=None, result_var='_'):
            self._result_var = result_var
            self._nose_obj = obj
            super(DocTestCase, self).__init__(
                test, optionflags=optionflags, setUp=setUp, tearDown=tearDown,
                checker=checker)

        def address(self):
            if self._nose_obj is not None:
                return test_address(self._nose_obj)
            obj = resolve_name(self._dt_test.name)

            if isproperty(obj):
                # properties have no connection to the class they are in
                # so we can't just look 'em up, we have to first look up
                # the class, then stick the prop on the end
                parts = self._dt_test.name.split('.')
                class_name = '.'.join(parts[:-1])
                cls = resolve_name(class_name)
                base_addr = test_address(cls)
                return (base_addr[0], base_addr[1],
                        '.'.join([base_addr[2], parts[-1]]))
            else:
                return test_address(obj)

        # doctests loaded via find(obj) omit the module name
        # so we need to override id, __repr__ and shortDescription
        # bonus: this will squash a 2.3 vs 2.4 incompatiblity
        def id(self):
            name = self._dt_test.name
            filename = self._dt_test.filename
            if filename is not None:
                pk = getpackage(filename)
                if pk is None:
                    return name
                if not name.startswith(pk):
                    name = "%s.%s" % (pk, name)
            return name

        def __repr__(self):
            name = self.id()
            name = name.split('.')
            return "%s (%s)" % (name[-1], '.'.join(name[:-1]))
        __str__ = __repr__

        def shortDescription(self):
            return 'Doctest: %s' % self.id()

        def setUp(self):
            if self._result_var is not None:
                self._old_displayhook = sys.displayhook
                sys.displayhook = self._displayhook
            super(DocTestCase, self).setUp()

        def _displayhook(self, value):
            if value is None:
                return
            setattr(builtin_mod, self._result_var,  value)
            print repr(value)

        def tearDown(self):
            super(DocTestCase, self).tearDown()
            if self._result_var is not None:
                sys.displayhook = self._old_displayhook
                delattr(builtin_mod, self._result_var)

    class DocFileCase(doctest.DocFileCase):
        """Overrides to provide address() method that returns the correct
        address for the doc file case.
        """
        def __init__(self, test, optionflags=0, setUp=None, tearDown=None,
                     checker=None, result_var='_'):
            self._result_var = result_var
            super(DocFileCase, self).__init__(
                test, optionflags=optionflags, setUp=setUp, tearDown=tearDown,
                checker=None)

        def address(self):
            return (self._dt_test.filename, None, None)

        def setUp(self):
            if self._result_var is not None:
                self._old_displayhook = sys.displayhook
                sys.displayhook = self._displayhook
            super(DocFileCase, self).setUp()

        def _displayhook(self, value):
            if value is None:
                return
            setattr(builtin_mod, self._result_var, value)
            print repr(value)

        def tearDown(self):
            super(DocFileCase, self).tearDown()
            if self._result_var is not None:
                sys.displayhook = self._old_displayhook
                delattr(builtin_mod, self._result_var)