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Diffstat (limited to 'coverage/__init__.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | coverage/__init__.py | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/coverage/__init__.py b/coverage/__init__.py index 777d451b..a81f61ac 100644 --- a/coverage/__init__.py +++ b/coverage/__init__.py @@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ from coverage.misc import CoverageException # Module-level functions. The original API to this module was based on # functions defined directly in the module, with a singleton of the coverage() -# class. That design hampered programmability. Here we define the top-level -# functions to create the singleton when they are first called. +# class. That design hampered programmability, so the current api uses +# explicitly-created coverage objects. But for backward compatibility, here we +# define the top-level functions to create the singleton when they are first +# called. # Singleton object for use with module-level functions. The singleton is # created as needed when one of the module-level functions is called. |