It seems that doctest doesn't discover or execute doctests in methods which have been decorated.
Here is my test file: # ====== class MyStaticMethod(object): """Emulate built-in staticmethod descriptor.""" def __init__(self, f): self.f = f def __get__(self, obj, objtype=None): return self.f class Test(object): def method1(self): """Doc string >>> print 'x' x """ @staticmethod def method2(): """Doc string >>> print 'y' y """ @MyStaticMethod def method3(): """Doc string >>> print '***' # This test should fail. z """ if __name__ == '__main__': import doctest doctest.testmod(verbose=True) # ====== and here is the output using Python 2.6.4: [st...@sylar python]$ python2.6 test_doctests.py Trying: print 'x' Expecting: x ok Trying: print 'y' Expecting: y ok 5 items had no tests: __main__ __main__.MyStaticMethod __main__.MyStaticMethod.__get__ __main__.MyStaticMethod.__init__ __main__.Test 2 items passed all tests: 1 tests in __main__.Test.method1 1 tests in __main__.Test.method2 2 tests in 7 items. 2 passed and 0 failed. Test passed. It doesn't even see method3, let alone run the tests. This looks like bug to me. Have I missed anything? Any work arounds? -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list