Impossible testing with pexpect
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Description
Platform linux
Terminal software pseudo terminal - python pty
I'm trying to write integration tests of reedline app with python pexpect lib, and, unfortunately, it's fail. Looks like problem in crossterm, but I'm not sure.
Steps to reproduce
This can be reproduced on basic example:
>>> import pexpect
>>> proc = pexpect.spawn("./target/debug/examples/basic")
>>> print(proc.readline())
b'\x1b[6nError: Custom { kind: Other, error: "The cursor position could not be read within a normal duration" }\r\n'
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Research direction
Start with the basic example launched as ./target/debug/examples/basic and reproduce the failure through Python pexpect on Linux. Trace the crossterm cursor-position read that emits the timeout error. Done means the basic example can be spawned through pexpect without the cursor-position failure.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python, rust
- Domain
- cli, testing-qa
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100