doctest terminates when accessing wrapped raises an error

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#70,186 opened on Jan 2, 2016 9 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Difficulty: 3/5
Estimated time: 1-2 days
Newbie friendliness: 35/100

Issue type: Bug
Clarity: Mostly clear
Activity status: Stale
Tech stack: python
Domain: testing-qa

Research direction

Reproduce the failure using the linked sample shell session and unwrapable_ob.py, then inspect PR #14756 and the doctest tests area for the existing direction. Done means doctest no longer terminates when accessing wrapped raises an error, with the behavior covered by a test.

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tests type-bug

BPO	25998
Nosy	@stevendaprano, @bitdancer, @jstasiak, @BoboTiG
PRs	python/cpython#14756
Files	shell: The sample shell session to reproduce unwrapable_ob.py

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assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2016-01-02.22:30:43.610>
labels = ['type-bug', 'tests']
title = 'doctest terminates when accessing __wrapped__ raises an error'
updated_at = <Date 2019-07-13.16:45:13.678>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/LasseSchuirmann'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2019-07-13.16:45:13.678>
actor = 'Tiger-222'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Tests']
creation = <Date 2016-01-02.22:30:43.610>
creator = 'Lasse Schuirmann'
dependencies = []
files = ['41477', '48477']
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issue_num = 25998
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pr_nums = ['14756']
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'patch review'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue25998'
versions = ['Python 3.5', 'Python 3.6']

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