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| author | Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> | 2012-07-04 09:35:21 -0400 |
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| committer | Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> | 2012-07-04 09:35:21 -0400 |
| commit | 1115b784fdbb2bfbf4555f590e569b80a6899b6e (patch) | |
| tree | d233c3ed12ccd84db346e43843500e3bd352153e /test/test_oddball.py | |
| parent | 9c7594514f50263a14fb15514078c1bc0f273bd0 (diff) | |
| download | python-coveragepy-1115b784fdbb2bfbf4555f590e569b80a6899b6e.tar.gz | |
Add a note to MemoryLeakTest about its difficulties.
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| -rw-r--r-- | test/test_oddball.py | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/test/test_oddball.py b/test/test_oddball.py index 859648f..724ae86 100644 --- a/test/test_oddball.py +++ b/test/test_oddball.py @@ -129,7 +129,13 @@ class RecursionTest(CoverageTest): class MemoryLeakTest(CoverageTest): - """Attempt the impossible: test that memory doesn't leak.""" + """Attempt the impossible: test that memory doesn't leak. + + Note: this test is truly unusual, and may fail unexpectedly. + In particular, it is known to fail on PyPy if test_oddball.py is run in + isolation: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/186 + + """ def test_for_leaks(self): lines = list(range(301, 315)) |