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| author | Scott Sanderson <ssanderson@quantopian.com> | 2016-07-23 14:50:18 -0400 |
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| committer | Scott Sanderson <ssanderson@quantopian.com> | 2016-07-23 16:35:27 -0400 |
| commit | 56d0c26903a28d8bc5de6c6ef313c23157159bb0 (patch) | |
| tree | d1070adf1d887df4623cdc33af7c9927073e76b4 /doc/source/dev/development_environment.rst | |
| parent | 93240e0d8ea23644a5b7874037e658c54966ff54 (diff) | |
| download | numpy-56d0c26903a28d8bc5de6c6ef313c23157159bb0.tar.gz | |
DOC: Document extra args forwarding to nose.
This is useful for things like passing ``--pdb`` to make nose drop into
a pdb post-mortem on exception.
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diff --git a/doc/source/dev/development_environment.rst b/doc/source/dev/development_environment.rst index ed8ff5828..cbc4e2a46 100644 --- a/doc/source/dev/development_environment.rst +++ b/doc/source/dev/development_environment.rst @@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ This builds Numpy first, so the first time it may take a few minutes. If you specify ``-n``, the tests are run against the version of NumPy (if any) found on current PYTHONPATH. +When specifying a target using ``-s``, ``-t``, or ``--python``, additional +arguments may be forwarded to the target embedded by ``runtests.py`` by passing +the extra arguments after a bare ``--``. For example, to run a test method with +the ``--pdb`` flag forwarded to nose, run the following:: + + $ python runtests.py -t numpy/core/tests/test_ufunc.py:TestUfunc.test_sum -- --pdb + Using ``runtests.py`` is the recommended approach to running tests. There are also a number of alternatives to it, for example in-place build or installing to a virtualenv. See the FAQ below for details. |