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authorNed Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com>2009-06-24 22:29:21 -0400
committerNed Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com>2009-06-24 22:29:21 -0400
commitfb6e6e13ccd059a6bfe7998e43a56fbeb3d5864f (patch)
tree1cf46a007c98702467c8b762ddc175f5314d9b81 /test/coverage_coverage.py
parent663f44e94c22f8ac889a1d7608e6ab0e3cbf9ad3 (diff)
downloadpython-coveragepy-git-fb6e6e13ccd059a6bfe7998e43a56fbeb3d5864f.tar.gz
Don't measure the coverage package itself. Inspired by, but does not fix, issue #8.
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diff --git a/test/coverage_coverage.py b/test/coverage_coverage.py
index ca10edc3..b8c2a515 100644
--- a/test/coverage_coverage.py
+++ b/test/coverage_coverage.py
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ if os.path.exists(HTML_DIR):
shutil.rmtree(HTML_DIR)
cov = coverage.coverage()
+# Cheap trick: the coverage code itself is excluded from measurement, but if
+# we clobber the cover_prefix in the coverage object, we can defeat the
+# self-detection.
+cov.cover_prefix = "Please measure coverage.py!"
cov.erase()
cov.start()