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diff --git a/doc/source.rst b/doc/source.rst index 8debd575..bab57a72 100644 --- a/doc/source.rst +++ b/doc/source.rst @@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ in their names will be skipped (they are assumed to be scratch files written by text editors). Files that do not end with ``.py``, ``.pyw``, ``.pyo``, or ``.pyc`` will also be skipped. +.. note:: Modules named as sources may be imported twice, once by coverage.py + to find their location, then again by your own code or test suite. Usually + this isn't a problem, but could cause trouble if a module has side-effects + at import time. + You can further fine-tune coverage.py's attention with the ``--include`` and ``--omit`` switches (or ``[run] include`` and ``[run] omit`` configuration values). ``--include`` is a list of file name patterns. If specified, only |