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authorNed Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com>2009-06-24 22:29:21 -0400
committerNed Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com>2009-06-24 22:29:21 -0400
commit6be00bf2abfa63e9ce0065eedfec57a3d39ead1a (patch)
treee44b17f7ff3081b5cef307904dfda8497d6d953a /test/coverage_coverage.py
parentcd25284042505a038adf75abca10e470b9da56d1 (diff)
downloadpython-coveragepy-6be00bf2abfa63e9ce0065eedfec57a3d39ead1a.tar.gz
Don't measure the coverage package itself. Inspired by, but does not fix, issue #8.
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diff --git a/test/coverage_coverage.py b/test/coverage_coverage.py
index ca10edc..b8c2a51 100644
--- a/test/coverage_coverage.py
+++ b/test/coverage_coverage.py
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ if os.path.exists(HTML_DIR):
shutil.rmtree(HTML_DIR)
cov = coverage.coverage()
+# Cheap trick: the coverage code itself is excluded from measurement, but if
+# we clobber the cover_prefix in the coverage object, we can defeat the
+# self-detection.
+cov.cover_prefix = "Please measure coverage.py!"
cov.erase()
cov.start()