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  __ http://docs.python.org/lib/module-doctest.html
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There is an `assertDoctestExampleMatches` method in
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`bzrlib.tests.TestCase` that allows you to match against doctest-style
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string templates (including ``...`` to skip sections) from regular Python
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tests.
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Shell-like tests
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regress.
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This is done by running the command in a subprocess with
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``PYTHON_VERBOSE=1``.  Starting a whole Python interpreter is pretty slow,
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so we don't want exhaustive testing here, but just enough to guard against
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distinct fixed problems.
 
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``--profile-imports``.  Starting a whole Python interpreter is pretty
 
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slow, so we don't want exhaustive testing here, but just enough to guard
 
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against distinct fixed problems.
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Assertions about precisely what is loaded tend to be brittle so we instead
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make assertions that particular things aren't loaded.