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diff --git a/doc/usage/extensions/doctest.rst b/doc/usage/extensions/doctest.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1b9c822 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/usage/extensions/doctest.rst @@ -0,0 +1,375 @@ +.. highlight:: rest + +:mod:`sphinx.ext.doctest` -- Test snippets in the documentation +=============================================================== + +.. module:: sphinx.ext.doctest + :synopsis: Test snippets in the documentation. + +.. index:: pair: automatic; testing + single: doctest + pair: testing; snippets + + +It is often helpful to include snippets of code in your documentation and +demonstrate the results of executing them. But it is important to ensure that +the documentation stays up-to-date with the code. + +This extension allows you to test such code snippets in the documentation in +a natural way. If you mark the code blocks as shown here, the ``doctest`` +builder will collect them and run them as doctest tests. + +Within each document, you can assign each snippet to a *group*. Each group +consists of: + +* zero or more *setup code* blocks (e.g. importing the module to test) +* one or more *test* blocks + +When building the docs with the ``doctest`` builder, groups are collected for +each document and run one after the other, first executing setup code blocks, +then the test blocks in the order they appear in the file. + +There are two kinds of test blocks: + +* *doctest-style* blocks mimic interactive sessions by interleaving Python code + (including the interpreter prompt) and output. + +* *code-output-style* blocks consist of an ordinary piece of Python code, and + optionally, a piece of output for that code. + + +Directives +---------- + +The *group* argument below is interpreted as follows: if it is empty, the block +is assigned to the group named ``default``. If it is ``*``, the block is +assigned to all groups (including the ``default`` group). Otherwise, it must be +a comma-separated list of group names. + +.. rst:directive:: .. testsetup:: [group] + + A setup code block. This code is not shown in the output for other builders, + but executed before the doctests of the group(s) it belongs to. + + +.. rst:directive:: .. testcleanup:: [group] + + A cleanup code block. This code is not shown in the output for other + builders, but executed after the doctests of the group(s) it belongs to. + + .. versionadded:: 1.1 + + +.. rst:directive:: .. doctest:: [group] + + A doctest-style code block. You can use standard :mod:`doctest` flags for + controlling how actual output is compared with what you give as output. The + default set of flags is specified by the :confval:`doctest_default_flags` + configuration variable. + + This directive supports five options: + + * ``hide``, a flag option, hides the doctest block in other builders. By + default it is shown as a highlighted doctest block. + + * ``options``, a string option, can be used to give a comma-separated list of + doctest flags that apply to each example in the tests. (You still can give + explicit flags per example, with doctest comments, but they will show up in + other builders too.) + + * ``pyversion``, a string option, can be used to specify the required Python + version for the example to be tested. For instance, in the following case + the example will be tested only for Python versions greater than 3.3:: + + .. doctest:: + :pyversion: > 3.3 + + The following operands are supported: + + * ``~=``: Compatible release clause + * ``==``: Version matching clause + * ``!=``: Version exclusion clause + * ``<=``, ``>=``: Inclusive ordered comparison clause + * ``<``, ``>``: Exclusive ordered comparison clause + * ``===``: Arbitrary equality clause. + + ``pyversion`` option is followed :pep:`PEP-440: Version Specifiers + <440#version-specifiers>`. + + .. versionadded:: 1.6 + + .. versionchanged:: 1.7 + + Supported PEP-440 operands and notations + + * ``trim-doctest-flags`` and ``no-trim-doctest-flags``, a flag option, + doctest flags (comments looking like ``# doctest: FLAG, ...``) at the + ends of lines and ``<BLANKLINE>`` markers are removed (or not removed) + individually. Default is ``trim-doctest-flags``. + + Note that like with standard doctests, you have to use ``<BLANKLINE>`` to + signal a blank line in the expected output. The ``<BLANKLINE>`` is removed + when building presentation output (HTML, LaTeX etc.). + + Also, you can give inline doctest options, like in doctest:: + + >>> datetime.date.now() # doctest: +SKIP + datetime.date(2008, 1, 1) + + They will be respected when the test is run, but stripped from presentation + output. + + +.. rst:directive:: .. testcode:: [group] + + A code block for a code-output-style test. + + This directive supports three options: + + * ``hide``, a flag option, hides the code block in other builders. By + default it is shown as a highlighted code block. + + * ``trim-doctest-flags`` and ``no-trim-doctest-flags``, a flag option, + doctest flags (comments looking like ``# doctest: FLAG, ...``) at the + ends of lines and ``<BLANKLINE>`` markers are removed (or not removed) + individually. Default is ``trim-doctest-flags``. + + .. note:: + + Code in a ``testcode`` block is always executed all at once, no matter how + many statements it contains. Therefore, output will *not* be generated + for bare expressions -- use ``print``. Example:: + + .. testcode:: + + 1+1 # this will give no output! + print(2+2) # this will give output + + .. testoutput:: + + 4 + + Also, please be aware that since the doctest module does not support + mixing regular output and an exception message in the same snippet, this + applies to testcode/testoutput as well. + + +.. rst:directive:: .. testoutput:: [group] + + The corresponding output, or the exception message, for the last + :rst:dir:`testcode` block. + + This directive supports four options: + + * ``hide``, a flag option, hides the output block in other builders. By + default it is shown as a literal block without highlighting. + + * ``options``, a string option, can be used to give doctest flags + (comma-separated) just like in normal doctest blocks. + + * ``trim-doctest-flags`` and ``no-trim-doctest-flags``, a flag option, + doctest flags (comments looking like ``# doctest: FLAG, ...``) at the + ends of lines and ``<BLANKLINE>`` markers are removed (or not removed) + individually. Default is ``trim-doctest-flags``. + + Example:: + + .. testcode:: + + print('Output text.') + + .. testoutput:: + :hide: + :options: -ELLIPSIS, +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE + + Output text. + +The following is an example for the usage of the directives. The test via +:rst:dir:`doctest` and the test via :rst:dir:`testcode` and +:rst:dir:`testoutput` are equivalent. :: + + The parrot module + ================= + + .. testsetup:: * + + import parrot + + The parrot module is a module about parrots. + + Doctest example: + + .. doctest:: + + >>> parrot.voom(3000) + This parrot wouldn't voom if you put 3000 volts through it! + + Test-Output example: + + .. testcode:: + + parrot.voom(3000) + + This would output: + + .. testoutput:: + + This parrot wouldn't voom if you put 3000 volts through it! + + +Skipping tests conditionally +---------------------------- + +``skipif``, a string option, can be used to skip directives conditionally. This +may be useful e.g. when a different set of tests should be run depending on the +environment (hardware, network/VPN, optional dependencies or different versions +of dependencies). The ``skipif`` option is supported by all of the doctest +directives. Below are typical use cases for ``skipif`` when used for different +directives: + +- :rst:dir:`testsetup` and :rst:dir:`testcleanup` + + - conditionally skip test setup and/or cleanup + - customize setup/cleanup code per environment + +- :rst:dir:`doctest` + + - conditionally skip both a test and its output verification + +- :rst:dir:`testcode` + + - conditionally skip a test + - customize test code per environment + +- :rst:dir:`testoutput` + + - conditionally skip output assertion for a skipped test + - expect different output depending on the environment + +The value of the ``skipif`` option is evaluated as a Python expression. If the +result is a true value, the directive is omitted from the test run just as if +it wasn't present in the file at all. + +Instead of repeating an expression, the :confval:`doctest_global_setup` +configuration option can be used to assign it to a variable which can then be +used instead. + +Here's an example which skips some tests if Pandas is not installed: + +.. code-block:: py + :caption: conf.py + + extensions = ['sphinx.ext.doctest'] + doctest_global_setup = ''' + try: + import pandas as pd + except ImportError: + pd = None + ''' + +.. code-block:: rst + :caption: contents.rst + + .. testsetup:: + :skipif: pd is None + + data = pd.Series([42]) + + .. doctest:: + :skipif: pd is None + + >>> data.iloc[0] + 42 + + .. testcode:: + :skipif: pd is None + + print(data.iloc[-1]) + + .. testoutput:: + :skipif: pd is None + + 42 + + +Configuration +------------- + +The doctest extension uses the following configuration values: + +.. confval:: doctest_default_flags + + By default, these options are enabled: + + - ``ELLIPSIS``, allowing you to put ellipses in the expected output that + match anything in the actual output; + - ``IGNORE_EXCEPTION_DETAIL``, causing everything following the leftmost + colon and any module information in the exception name to be ignored; + - ``DONT_ACCEPT_TRUE_FOR_1``, rejecting "True" in the output where "1" is + given -- the default behavior of accepting this substitution is a relic of + pre-Python 2.2 times. + + .. versionadded:: 1.5 + +.. confval:: doctest_path + + A list of directories that will be added to :data:`sys.path` when the doctest + builder is used. (Make sure it contains absolute paths.) + +.. confval:: doctest_global_setup + + Python code that is treated like it were put in a ``testsetup`` directive for + *every* file that is tested, and for every group. You can use this to + e.g. import modules you will always need in your doctests. + + .. versionadded:: 0.6 + +.. confval:: doctest_global_cleanup + + Python code that is treated like it were put in a ``testcleanup`` directive + for *every* file that is tested, and for every group. You can use this to + e.g. remove any temporary files that the tests leave behind. + + .. versionadded:: 1.1 + +.. confval:: doctest_test_doctest_blocks + + If this is a nonempty string (the default is ``'default'``), standard reST + doctest blocks will be tested too. They will be assigned to the group name + given. + + reST doctest blocks are simply doctests put into a paragraph of their own, + like so:: + + Some documentation text. + + >>> print(1) + 1 + + Some more documentation text. + + (Note that no special ``::`` is used to introduce a doctest block; docutils + recognizes them from the leading ``>>>``. Also, no additional indentation is + used, though it doesn't hurt.) + + If this value is left at its default value, the above snippet is interpreted + by the doctest builder exactly like the following:: + + Some documentation text. + + .. doctest:: + + >>> print(1) + 1 + + Some more documentation text. + + This feature makes it easy for you to test doctests in docstrings included + with the :mod:`~sphinx.ext.autodoc` extension without marking them up with a + special directive. + + Note though that you can't have blank lines in reST doctest blocks. They + will be interpreted as one block ending and another one starting. Also, + removal of ``<BLANKLINE>`` and ``# doctest:`` options only works in + :rst:dir:`doctest` blocks, though you may set :confval:`trim_doctest_flags` + to achieve that in all code blocks with Python console content. |