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Author	techtonik
Recipients	techtonik
Date	2009-12-27.16:50:28
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Since 2.4 doctest converts all tabs to 8-space sequences in test source. It should do the same with output it receives for comparison. Right now there is no way to write a correct doctest if the output includes tab character. See attached doctabtest.py This change would be backwards compatible, because all tests with tabs are either fail or run with doctest.NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE flag, which is usually inappropriate for doctest cases that involve tab formatting.

Since 2.4 doctest converts all tabs to 8-space sequences in test source. 
It should do the same with output it receives for comparison. Right now 
there is no way to write a correct doctest if the output includes tab 
character. See attached doctabtest.py

This change would be backwards compatible, because all tests with tabs are 
either fail or run with doctest.NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE flag, which is 
usually inappropriate for doctest cases that involve tab formatting.

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2009-12-27 16:50:33	techtonik	set	recipients: + techtonik
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