From e05e6b0032a58fe5e4ff3b2b9b64c6e37da4defa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brett Cannon Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 04:41:44 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add a test for slicing an exception. --- Lib/test/test_exceptions.py | 7 +++++++ Misc/NEWS | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py b/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py index b0e872b777..b99e247835 100644 --- a/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py +++ b/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py @@ -296,6 +296,13 @@ class ExceptionTests(unittest.TestCase): 'pickled "%r", attribute "%s' % (e, checkArgName)) + def testSlicing(self): + # Test that you can slice an exception directly instead of requiring + # going through the 'args' attribute. + args = (1, 2, 3) + exc = BaseException(*args) + self.failUnlessEqual(exc[:], args) + def testKeywordArgs(self): # test that builtin exception don't take keyword args, # but user-defined subclasses can if they want diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS index aef42180a3..7dc2bc3574 100644 --- a/Misc/NEWS +++ b/Misc/NEWS @@ -403,6 +403,8 @@ Extension Modules Tests ----- +- Added a test for slicing of an exception. + - Added test.test_support.EnvironmentVarGuard. It's a class that provides a context manager so that one can temporarily set or unset environment variables. -- 2.50.1