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Diffstat (limited to 'coverage')
| -rw-r--r-- | coverage/__init__.py | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | coverage/control.py | 11 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/coverage/__init__.py b/coverage/__init__.py index 100e0b7..c48e90e 100644 --- a/coverage/__init__.py +++ b/coverage/__init__.py @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ __version__ = "3.3a1" # see detailed history in CHANGES.txt __url__ = "http://nedbatchelder.com/code/coverage" -from coverage.control import coverage, measure_process +from coverage.control import coverage, process_startup from coverage.data import CoverageData from coverage.cmdline import main, CoverageScript from coverage.misc import CoverageException diff --git a/coverage/control.py b/coverage/control.py index 4acef71..415df27 100644 --- a/coverage/control.py +++ b/coverage/control.py @@ -373,11 +373,16 @@ class coverage(object): return info -def measure_process(): - """Called at Python startup time to perhaps measure coverage. +def process_startup(): + """Call this at Python startup to perhaps measure coverage. + + To invoke this when Python starts, you can create a .pth file in your + Python installation containing this:: + + import coverage; coverage.process_startup() If the environment variable COVERAGE_PROCESS_START is defined, coverage - measurement is started, and the value of the variable is the data file + measurement is started. The value of the variable is the data file prefix to use. """ |