[Python-Dev] test_ucn errors ?

19 Jan 2001 19:25:03 +0000

"Fredrik Lundh" <fredrik@effbot.org> writes:
> > Feels to me like there's a bug in the string literal processing that
> > makes *any* string literal containing \N{...} fail during code
> > generation.
>> umm. can anyone explain how this can happen:
>> python ../lib/test/regrtest.py test_ucn
> test_ucn
> 1 test OK.

This will run the .pyc if present?

> python ../lib/test/test_ucn.py
> UnicodeError: Unicode-Escape decoding error: Invalid Unicode Character Name

This won't? 
Note: no traceback -> (in effect, if not design) compile time error.
> how can a test that works under regrtest.py fail when
> it's run separately? what am I missing here?

Well, this is just my guess.
Cheers,
M.
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