From: Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 08:20:31 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Issue #19928: Implemented a test for repr() of cell objects.
X-Git-Tag: v3.4.0b2~268^2
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1f79cdfbfa3f53fb1aa3bb8998c463a5d2614795;p=python

Issue #19928: Implemented a test for repr() of cell objects.
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diff --git a/Lib/test/test_reprlib.py b/Lib/test/test_reprlib.py
index 7bf224735e..3687de98b6 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_reprlib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_reprlib.py
@@ -166,10 +166,16 @@ class ReprTests(unittest.TestCase):
         eq(r([[[[[[{}]]]]]]), "[[[[[[{}]]]]]]")
         eq(r([[[[[[[{}]]]]]]]), "[[[[[[[...]]]]]]]")
 
-    @unittest.skip('hard to catch a cell object')
     def test_cell(self):
-        # XXX Hmm? How to get at a cell object?
-        pass
+        def get_cell():
+            x = 42
+            def inner():
+                return x
+            return inner
+        x = get_cell().__closure__[0]
+        self.assertRegex(repr(x),
+                         r'<cell at 0x[0-9a-f]+: int object at 0x[0-9a-f]+>')
+        self.assertRegex(r(x), r'<cell at 0x.*\.\.\..*>')
 
     def test_descriptors(self):
         eq = self.assertEqual
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 535c3af0be..9026e754cb 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ IDLE
 Tests
 -----
 
+- Issue #19928: Implemented a test for repr() of cell objects.
+
 - Issue #19535: Fixed test_docxmlrpc when python is run with -OO.
 
 - Issue #19926: Removed unneeded test_main from test_abstract_numbers.