Python files with a name starting with '.' are not analysed but pythoscope still tries to build tests for it.

[Pieter Van Dyck]

environment: windows, python 2.5.4, pythoscope 1.4.2

test case in attachment

log:
E:\projects\scope_tests\test2.4>pythoscope --init

E:\projects\scope_tests\test2.4>pythoscope *.py
INFO: No changes discovered in the source code, skipping dynamic inspection.
ERROR: Couldn't find information on module '.my_cool_class.py'. This shouldn't happen, please file a bug report at https://bugs.launchpad.net/pythoscope.

[Michal Kwiatkowski (ruby)]

Pythoscope failed because of an exception, that is a bug and I'll fix that.

Another issue is whether Pythoscope should inspect modules that it ignored earlier but were explicitly specified on the command line. I would say yes, it should do that. In your particular case pythoscope should notice that ".my_cool_class.py" wasn't inspected earlier, so it should inspect it and then generate tests for it. Do you think that's a good solution?

[Pieter Van Dyck (vandyck-pieter)]

2009/11/23 Michal Kwiatkowski <email address hidden>:
> Pythoscope failed because of an exception, that is a bug and I'll fix
> that.
>
> Another issue is whether Pythoscope should inspect modules that it
> ignored earlier but were explicitly specified on the command line. I
> would say yes, it should do that. In your particular case pythoscope
> should notice that ".my_cool_class.py" wasn't inspected earlier, so it
> should inspect it and then generate tests for it. Do you think that's a
> good solution?

Yes, or if Pythoscope can't inspect an entity for some reason, it
should not try to generate a test and log that fact.
It would also be nice if the initial inspection would log the fact
that it is ignoring things.

Note that although my testcase is a valid python script, it is not a
valid module: it can not be imported due to restrictions on Python
names.

[Michal Kwiatkowski (ruby)]

Fixed in trunk r316.

I went the "ignore and inform" way. Modules with names starting with a dot will still be ignored, but when you try to generate tests for them, you'll get a warning: "Failed to inspect module .mod.py, skipping test generation." In any case, Pythoscope shouldn't die now.