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Dynamic documentation, how to use EXAMPLE:: tag?

asked 2024-04-02 16:33:19 +0100

Dear all, I'm writing the documentation of a package. A function described answers the time taken by the computation (and other things). Problem: this time varies ... `

 EXAMPLE::
 sage: give_me_the_time_taken_to_process(input_data)
 0.03s

Since Sagemath runs doctest, it tests this example and issues a warning every time the time taken is different -- Do you have a good solution for me? Many thanks in advance! Olivier

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answered 2024-04-02 16:50:52 +0100

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updated 2024-04-02 17:49:38 +0100

One option is to add a "random" tag.

Then, when testing, the value of the output will be ignored.

Running the test will only test whether an exception is raised.

EXAMPLES::

    sage: give_me_the_time_taken_to_process(input_data)  # random
    0.03s

See the developer manual, chapter "Coding basics", section "Special markup to influence doctests":

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Great, thanks! Olivier

Olivier R. gravatar imageOlivier R. ( 2024-04-02 17:03:06 +0100 )edit

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