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diff --git a/doc/whatsnew5x.rst b/doc/whatsnew5x.rst index c805b8d7..4724dee7 100644 --- a/doc/whatsnew5x.rst +++ b/doc/whatsnew5x.rst @@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ Backward Incompatibilities circumstances, you may need to use ``parallel=true`` to avoid multiple processes overwriting each others' data. +- When constructing a :class:`coverage.Coverage` object, `data_file` can be + specified as None to prevent writing any data file at all. In previous + versions, an explicit `data_file=None` argument would use the default of + ".coverage". Fixes :github:`871`. + - The ``[run] note`` setting has been deprecated. Using it will result in a warning, and the note will not be written to the data file. The corresponding :class:`.CoverageData` methods have been removed. |