From: Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 08:20:11 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Issue #19928: Implemented a test for repr() of cell objects.
X-Git-Tag: v2.7.8~212
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=95d721927a4e4c5acb4a7d23bd15a3af1ce26bd2;p=python

Issue #19928: Implemented a test for repr() of cell objects.
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diff --git a/Lib/test/test_repr.py b/Lib/test/test_repr.py
index 062fccf9e0..ae5203d107 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_repr.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_repr.py
@@ -179,8 +179,15 @@ class ReprTests(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertTrue(repr(x).startswith('<read-only buffer for 0x'))
 
     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.assertRegexpMatches(repr(x), r'<cell at 0x[0-9a-f]+: '
+                                          r'int object at 0x[0-9a-f]+>')
+        self.assertRegexpMatches(r(x), r'<cell at.*\.\.\..*>')
 
     def test_descriptors(self):
         eq = self.assertEqual
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 30b796716f..b1a4e1ffa4 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ IDLE
 Tests
 -----
 
+- Issue #19928: Implemented a test for repr() of cell objects.
+
 - Issue #19595: Re-enabled a long-disabled test in test_winsound.
 
 - Issue #19588: Fixed tests in test_random that were silently skipped most