Commit 0e2793c4 authored by Terry Jan Reedy's avatar Terry Jan Reedy

Issue #16655: Explain why Idle's test_calltips has 'fragile' tests of builtins.

I do not expect a problem in 2.7, but backported this anyway, 'in case'.
parent 598295c6
......@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ tc = TC()
signature = ct.get_arg_text # 2.7 and 3.x use different functions
class Get_signatureTest(unittest.TestCase):
# The signature function must return a string, even if blank.
# Test a variety of objects to be sure that none cause it to raise
# (quite aside from getting as correct an answer as possible).
# The tests of builtins may break if the docstrings change,
# but a red buildbot is better than a user crash (as has happened).
# For a simple mismatch, change the expected output to the actual.
def test_builtins(self):
# 2.7 puts '()\n' where 3.x does not, other minor differences
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