From: Pablo Galindo <Pablogsal@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2018 00:20:56 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: bpo-33873: regrtest: Add warning on -R 1:3 (GH-7736)
X-Git-Tag: v3.8.0a1~1549
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=cac4fef8860e66a9da67d09762f5b614b9471a12;p=python

bpo-33873: regrtest: Add warning on -R 1:3 (GH-7736)

regrtest: Add warning when using less than 3 warmup runs like -R 1:3.
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diff --git a/Lib/test/libregrtest/main.py b/Lib/test/libregrtest/main.py
index 3429b3726a..569d034af1 100644
--- a/Lib/test/libregrtest/main.py
+++ b/Lib/test/libregrtest/main.py
@@ -462,6 +462,13 @@ class Regrtest:
                    or self.tests or self.ns.args)):
             self.display_header()
 
+        if self.ns.huntrleaks:
+            warmup, repetitions, _ = self.ns.huntrleaks
+            if warmup < 3:
+                msg = ("WARNING: Running tests with --huntrleaks/-R and less than "
+                        "3 warmup repetitions can give false positives!")
+                print(msg, file=sys.stdout, flush=True)
+
         if self.ns.randomize:
             print("Using random seed", self.ns.random_seed)