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@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ Things that cause trouble
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.. :history: 20121231T085200, brand new docs.
+.. :history: 20150124T160800, remove obsolete stuff.
+
Coverage works well, and I want it to properly measure any Python program, but
there are some situations it can't cope with. This page details some known
@@ -36,10 +38,6 @@ coverage.py from working properly:
processes don't get measured by coverage.py. Some possible fixes are
discussed or linked to in `issue 117`_.
-* `gevent`_, which is based on `greenlet`_, and is similar to `eventlet`_. All
- of these manipulate the C stack, and therefore confuse coverage.py.
- `Issue 149`_ has some pointers to more information.
-
* `thread`_, in the Python standard library, is the low-level threading
interface. Threads created with this module will not be traced. Use the
higher-level `threading`_ module instead.
@@ -51,15 +49,11 @@ coverage.py from working properly:
.. _execv: http://docs.python.org/library/os#os.execl
.. _multiprocessing: http://docs.python.org/library/multiprocessing.html
-.. _gevent: http://www.gevent.org/
-.. _greenlet: http://greenlet.readthedocs.org/
-.. _eventlet: http://eventlet.net/
.. _sys.settrace: http://docs.python.org/library/sys.html#sys.settrace
.. _thread: http://docs.python.org/library/thread.html
.. _threading: http://docs.python.org/library/threading.html
.. _issue 43: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/43/coverage-measurement-fails-on-code
.. _issue 117: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/117/enable-coverage-measurement-of-code-run-by
-.. _issue 149: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/149/coverage-gevent-looks-broken
Things that require --timid
@@ -77,17 +71,6 @@ timid=True`` configuration option.
.. _TurboGears: http://turbogears.org/
-Really obscure things
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-
-* Python 2.5 had a bug (`1569356`_) that could make your program behave
- differently when being measured with coverage. This is diagnosed in
- `issue 51`_.
-
-.. _issue 51: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/51/turbogears-15-test-failing-with-coverage
-.. _1569356: http://bugs.python.org/issue1569356
-
-
Still having trouble?
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