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bpo-37324: Remove ABC aliases from collections #23754
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Remove deprecated aliases to Abstract Base Classes from the collections module.
Right now, we are currently fighting with many incompatible changes of Python 3.10, so I would prefer to not add another incompatible change in Python 3.10. Maybe we can attempt that in an early stage of Python 3.11. Or maybe the deprecated alias can stay. I don't know. There are many Fedora Python packages broken by Python 3.10:
cc @pablogsal (Python 3.10 release manager) |
FWIW, this has been pending for a long time. I don't think more time will help. Also, if something breaks, the fix is trivially simple. |
The original plan was to remove in 3.8:
So far postponed twice: |
See also #20774. @rhettinger, merge please one of these PRs. |
That isn't up to me. Try @pablogsal |
I'm not against the change, but I would prefer to wait for Python 3.11 to push it. As I wrote previously, 3.10 already contains multiple incompatible changes and it's already painful to handle to deal with them. It's inconvenient to get new incompatible changes between alpha releases. The ABC aliases in collections are deprecated, IMO they can stay for one more release. I propose to wait until 3.11 development cycle starts to push these changes (before Python 3.11.0 alpha1). But I'm also fine if some people disagree and consider that it's still ok to push such changes after 3.10.0 alpha 1. Hopefully, since the change was included in early Python 3.9 alpha/beta versions, many projects have already been fixed to use collections.abc. Moreover, most projects now dropped Python 2.7 support and so don't need the try/except ImportError dance to support Python 2 and Python 3 in the same code base. For example, pip was blocked by html5lib, but after months of stale PR, html5lib got released with the fix, and pip was updated to get the fix (it vendors a copy of html5lib). More generally, I rely on @pablogsal wise decision :-) I understood that Pablo will also be Python 3.11 release manager, so he will have to deal with this change anyway :-) |
I have reviewed the PRs and previous discussing and my opinion is that is ok to go ahead with this for Python 3.10 release. This deprecation was scheduled for Python 3.8 and it has been deprecated 8 years ago. We also made an extension in Python 3.9. I think there is not that much value in making another extension. But as a Release Manager, I have no power or authority to decide what to do or what not to do in this situation, so to move forward the best thing is to discuss this in the Steering Council so we can discuss this in the first meeting and unblock the situation. I will make comment back here with the result. |
We had an SC meeting on 2021-01-11 where this matter was discussed and the SC determined that as this was deprecated since Python 3.3 and was delayed twice (Python3.8 and Python 3.9) and the reason for the extension was to make the Python 2 deprecation a bit easier, we should go ahead and proceed with the removal. We understand and respect the will to not accumulate backwards incompatible changes in the Python 3.10 release but we think that another delay will not be very helpful in this aspect, given as well that the migration from the deprecated code is straightforward enough. Thanks to everyone that participated in the discussion and thanks for exposing your views on the matter. |
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LGTM. Ok, I respect the SC decision, let's remove it one more time ;-)
Thanks @hugovk, I merged your PR ;-) Welcome to the bright future with no deprecated aliases :-D |
This incompatible change was announced at the beginning of the What's New in Python 3.9 document: https://docs.python.org/3.9/whatsnew/3.9.html#you-should-check-for-deprecationwarning-in-your-code
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Remove deprecated aliases to Abstract Base Classes from the collections module.
for compatibility with Python 3.10. The package `nose` is not compatible with Python 3.10, because it imports abstract base classes from the module `collections`, [`nose == 1.3.7`](https://pypi.org/project/nose/1.3.7/#history) imports in Python 3.10 without error, but `nosetests` fails, due to imports from the module `collections` of classes that have moved to the module `collections.abc`. The error raised contains: ``` File ".../.virtualenvs/.../lib/python3.10/site-packages/nose/suite.py", line 106, in _set_tests if isinstance(tests, collections.Callable) and not is_suite: AttributeError: module 'collections' has no attribute 'Callable' ``` Relevant information about CPython changes in `collections` (removal of ABCs): - python/cpython#23754 - https://bugs.python.org/issue37324 - https://docs.python.org/3.10/library/collections.abc.html#collections-abstract-base-classes - Deprecation since Python 3.3, present until Python 3.9: https://docs.python.org/3.9/library/collections.html#module-collections - Removed in Python 3.10: https://docs.python.org/3.10/whatsnew/3.10.html#removed The script `run_tests.py` is rewritten, based on `pytest` functionality. The file `test/transys_mathset_test.py` has been changed to mode 100644 in order to not need an equivalent `pytest` option for option `--exe` of `nose`. In the test script `tests/mathfunc_test.py`, the function `_get_state_input_output_pair_test` has been renamed to `_get_state_input_pair` to avoid its name being matched by the pattern `python_functions = test_* *_test` defined in the configuration file `tests/pytest.ini`.
for compatibility with Python 3.10. The package `nose` is not compatible with Python 3.10, because it imports abstract base classes from the module `collections`, [`nose == 1.3.7`](https://pypi.org/project/nose/1.3.7/#history) imports in Python 3.10 without error, but `nosetests` fails, due to imports from the module `collections` of classes that have moved to the module `collections.abc`. The error raised contains: ``` File ".../.virtualenvs/.../lib/python3.10/site-packages/nose/suite.py", line 106, in _set_tests if isinstance(tests, collections.Callable) and not is_suite: AttributeError: module 'collections' has no attribute 'Callable' ``` Relevant information about CPython changes in `collections` (removal of ABCs): - python/cpython#23754 - https://bugs.python.org/issue37324 - https://docs.python.org/3.10/library/collections.abc.html#collections-abstract-base-classes - Deprecation since Python 3.3, present until Python 3.9: https://docs.python.org/3.9/library/collections.html#module-collections - Removed in Python 3.10: https://docs.python.org/3.10/whatsnew/3.10.html#removed The script `run_tests.py` is rewritten, based on `pytest` functionality. The file `test/transys_mathset_test.py` has been changed to mode 100644 in order to not need an equivalent `pytest` option for option `--exe` of `nose`. In the test script `tests/mathfunc_test.py`, the function `_get_state_input_output_pair_test` has been renamed to `_get_state_input_pair` to avoid its name being matched by the pattern `python_functions = test_* *_test` defined in the configuration file `tests/pytest.ini`.
for compatibility with Python 3.10. - add `pytest >= 4.6.11` to argument `tests_require` of the function `setuptools.setup` in script `setup.py` This lower bound has been selected to ensure compatibility with both Python 3 and Python 2.7. See below for details. - add `pytest >= 4.6.11` to file `requirements.txt` - remove `nose` from argument `tests_require` of the function `setuptools.setup` in script `setup.py` - remove `nose` from file `requirements.txt` - update file `.travis.yml` - remove the collection of coverage measurements on Travis CI, because coverage measurement is incorrect (lower than the real coverage, and even lower after switching to `pytest`) due to Cython coverage not being correctly collected with the build configuration currently used for testing. Also, negligible changes in coverage measurements affected the status of commits on GitHub, turning it to a red "X", which can give the false impression that the tests failed when they passed, and requires clicking on the "X" in order to see more information that clarifies that the tests actually passed. - remove `coveralls` from file `requirements.txt`, because `coveralls` was used only on Travis CI. - add a configuration file `tests/pytest.ini` and include it in `MANIFEST.in` - ignore `.pytest_cache/` in `.gitignore` Motivation ========== The change from [`nose == 1.3.7`]( https://pypi.org/project/nose/1.3.7/#history) to [`pytest`]( https://pypi.org/project/pytest) is motivated by compatibility with Python 3.10. `nose` is incompatible with Python 3.10 ======================================= The package `nose`, which was used to run the tests of `dd`, is not compatible with Python 3.10 (for details, read the last section below). And `nose` is unmaintained. (Also, `nose` uses the `imp` module from Python's standard library, which [is deprecated](https://docs.python.org/3.10/library/imp.html), so may be removed in some future Python version.) Summary of transition to `pytest` ================================= In summary, using `pytest` with the existing tests requires adding a [configuration file `tests/pytest.ini`]( https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/reference/customize.html#configuration-file-formats) to tell `pytest` which functions, classes, and methods to collect tests from (called "discovery" of tests). The [parameter `--continue-on-collection-errors`]( https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/reference/reference.html#command-line-flags) tells `pytest` to not stop in case any test module fails to import, and continue with running the tests. The ability to run the tests when some `dd` C extension modules are not installed is necessary. After transitioning the tests to `pytest`, the tests have been confirmed to run successfully: - on Python 2.7 with `pytest == 4.6.11`, and - on Python 3.9 with `pytest == 6.2.4`. Failed attempts to use `unittest` ================================= First, I tried to use [`unittest`]( https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.html) (part of CPython's standard library). For writing `dd` tests, `unittest` suffices. For *discovering* the tests, `unittest` seems to require that tests be methods of subclasses of the class `unittest.TestCase`. This is not the case in the tests of `dd` tests. Using `pytest` allows changing the test runner from `nosetests` with minimal changes to the tests themselves. Test discovery using `unittest` could possibly be implemented by adding a file `tests/__init__.py`, and defining in that file a function `load_tests`, following the [documentation of `unittest`]( https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.html#unittest.TestLoader.discover). In any case, it is simpler to use `pytest`, which requires only a configuration file. If `unittest` encounters an `ImportError` during collection of the tests (i.e., when it tries to import test modules), then it stops. There does not appear to be any way to tell `unittest` to continue and run the rest of the test modules (those that *could* be imported). Usage of `nose` =============== The dependence on `nose` is minimal. Only one function is used from `nose`: the function `nose.tools.assert_raises`. The function `assert_raises` is dynamically defined [in the module `nose.tools.trivial`]( https://github.com/nose-devs/nose/blob/release_1.3.7/nose/tools/trivial.py#L32-L54) by instantiating the class `unittest.TestCase`, and setting `assert_raises` to equal the [bound method `assertRaises`]( https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.html#unittest.TestCase.assertRaises) of the instance of `TestCase`. So the function `assert_raises` from `nose` is just a PEP8-compliant binding for the method `unittest.TestCase.assertRaises`. Reading the code of `unittest`: - https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/6fdc4d37f3fdbc1bd51f841be6e5e4708a3b8798/Lib/unittest/case.py#L156-L243 - https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/6fdc4d37f3fdbc1bd51f841be6e5e4708a3b8798/Lib/unittest/case.py#L704-L735 it follows that the existing usage: ```python with nose.tools.assert_raises(AssertionError): foo(1, 2) ``` is equivalent to the following code (the use of `AssertionError` here is just as an example): ```python with unittest.TestCase().assertRaises(AssertionError): foo(1, 2) ``` Replacing usage of `nose` with `pytest` in test code ==================================================== The [context manager `pytest.raises`]( https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/reference/reference.html#pytest-raises) is a [drop-in replacement]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop-in_replacement) for the function `nose.tools.assert_raises`: ```python with pytest.raises(AssertionError): foo(1, 2) ``` Also, the tests can still be run with `nosetests` on Python versions where `nose` is still available. Replacing the test runner `nosetests` with `pytest` =================================================== - `pytest` correctly recognized the test files by default - `pytest` does not recognize by default methods of classes that do not start with "Test" as test methods, even if the methods start with `test_`. The configuration file is necessary to change this behavior of `pytest` (in particular the command-line parameter `-k` did not seem to work for classes). Relevant documentation: - https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/explanation/goodpractices.html#conventions-for-python-test-discovery - https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/example/pythoncollection.html#changing-naming-conventions - https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/how-to/nose.html - https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/reference/reference.html#confval-python_classes - https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/reference/reference.html#confval-python_functions - https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/reference/reference.html#confval-python_files - The call `pytest tests/foo_test.py` imports the package `dd` from `site-packages` (assuming that the module `foo_test.py` contains the statement `import dd`). So the default behavior of `pytest` is as desired. In contrast, `nosetests tests/foo_test.py` imports the package `dd` from the local directory `dd/`, even though `dd` *is* installed under `site-packages`. In any case, `pytest` is called from within the directory `tests/`, as was done for `nosetests`. `python -m pytest tests/foo_test.py` and `PYTHONPATH=. pytest tests/foo_test.py` both result in importing `dd` from the local directory `dd/`. Relevant documentation: - https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/explanation/pythonpath.html#invoking-pytest-versus-python-m-pytest - https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/how-to/usage.html#invoke-python As remarked above, the `pytest` [parameter `--continue-on-collection-errors`]( https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/reference/reference.html#command-line-flags) needs to be used for running the tests when some of the C extension modules are not installed, for example: ``` cd tests/ pytest -v --continue-on-collection-errors . ``` or, to also activate [Python's development mode]( https://docs.python.org/3/library/devmode.html): ``` cd tests/ python -X dev -m pytest -vvv --continue-on-collection-errors . ``` Colored output of test results from `pytest` ============================================ With `nose`, I used to use [`rednose`](https://pypi.org/project/rednose/) for coloring test results, which was convenient. `pytest` colors its output by default, no plugin is required. This capability is an optional way of viewing test results, so the coloring comparison is mentioned only for completeness. Observations about `pytest`: - shows colored source code that includes more source lines - detects assertions that failed, and marks their source lines - avoids the deprecated `imp` module (standard library) that `nose` uses (and thus the associated `DeprecationWarning`) https://docs.python.org/3.10/library/imp.html - running the tests of `dd` with `pytest` revealed several `DeprecationWarnings` that were previously hidden by `nose` (these warnings were about invalid escape sequences due to backslashes appearing in non-raw strings). Further remarks =============== [`pytest == 6.2.4`](https://pypi.org/project/pytest/6.2.4) is not compatible with Python 2.7. [`pytest == 4.6.11`](https://pypi.org/project/pytest/4.6.11/) is the latest version of `pytest` that is compatible with Python 2.7 (released on June 5, 2020). `pytest` specifies `python_requires` [PEP 345]( https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0345/#requires-python), [PEP 503]( https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0503/): - https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/blob/4.6.11/setup.cfg#L48 - https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/blob/5.0.0/setup.cfg#L43 So including `pytest>=4.6.11` in the file `requirements.txt` suffices to install, on each Python version, the latest version of `pytest` that is compatible with that Python version. This simplifies testing on CI, and packaging. In other words, conditional installations in the file `.travis.yml` are not needed for `pytest`, neither conditional definition of `tests_require` in the script `setup.py`. This approach leaves implicit the upper bound on `pytest` in `tests_require`. This upper bound is specified explicitly by `pytest` itself, depending on the Python version of the interpreter. It appears that `pip == 9.0.0` and `setuptools == 24.2.0` are required to correctly implement `python_requires`: - https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/news/#v9-0-0 - https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/history.html#v24-2-1 How replacing usage of `nose` with `unittest` would have looked like ==================================================================== A way to replace `nose` could have been to add a module `tests/utils.py` containing: ```python """Common functionality for tests.""" import unittest _test_case = unittest.TestCase() assert_raises = _test_case.assertRaises ``` which is close to what `nose` does. The function `assert_raises` could then be imported from the module `utils` in test modules, and used. Using `pytest` avoids the need for this workaround. Details about the incompatibility of `nose` with Python 3.10 ============================================================ [`nose == 1.3.7`](https://pypi.org/project/nose/1.3.7/#history) imports in Python 3.10 fine, but `nosetests` fails, due to imports from the module `collections` of classes that have moved to the module `collections.abc`. Relevant information about CPython changes in `collections` (removal of ABCs): - python/cpython#23754 - https://bugs.python.org/issue37324 - https://docs.python.org/3.10/library/collections.abc.html#collections-abstract-base-classes - Deprecation since Python 3.3, present until Python 3.9: https://docs.python.org/3.9/library/collections.html#module-collections - Removed in Python 3.10: https://docs.python.org/3.10/whatsnew/3.10.html#removed About skipping tests ==================== The decorator `unittest.skipIf` is recognized by `pytest`, and skipped tests are correctly recorded and reported. In any case, note also the `pytest` test-skipping facilities: - https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/how-to/skipping.html - https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/how-to/unittest.html - https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/example/simple.html#control-skipping-of-tests-according-to-command-line-option About passing `-X dev` to `python` in the `Makefile` ==================================================== The argument `dev` is available for the `python` option [`-X` only on Python 3.7 and higher]( https://docs.python.org/3/library/devmode.html#devmode). So the `Makefile` rules where `-X dev` appears are not compatible with ealier Python versions supported by `dd`. This is not an issue: the development environment is intended to be Python 3.9 or higher, so there is no issue with using `-X dev`. Avoiding interaction between tests via class attributes ======================================================= Avoid class attributes in test classes. Use [data attributes][1] instead. Initialize the data attributes in setup methods of the test classes, as is common practice. This approach avoids interaction (via class attributes) between test scripts that import the same modules of common tests. With `nose`, this kind of interaction apparently did not occur, as observed by test failures that were expected to happen. However, `pytest` apparently runs tests in a way that changes to imported modules (e.g., class attributes) persist between different test scripts. This `pytest` behavior was observed by the disappearance of test failures when running with `pytest` (the test failures were observable with `pytest` only when telling `pytest` to run individual test scripts, instead of collecting tests from all test scripts. The cause of the issue with `pytest` was the modification of class attributes (not [data attributes][1]) from the importing module, of classes in the imported module. The modifications were done by setting the class attribute `DD` that defines the BDD or ZDD manager class. Both the scripts `cudd_test.py` and `autoref_test.py` made modifications. The end result was `autoref` tests being run using the class `dd.cudd.BDD`. Using data attributes instead of class attributes, and subclassing, avoids this kind of erroneous testing. This approach is explicit [PEP 20][4]. Also, note that the `pytest` extension packages [`pytest-xdist`][2] and [`pytest-forked`][3] do not avoid this issue. [1]: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/classes.html#instance-objects [2]: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-xdist [3]: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-forked [4]: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0020/
for compatibility with Python 3.10. The package `nose` is not compatible with Python 3.10, because it imports abstract base classes from the module `collections`, [`nose == 1.3.7`](https://pypi.org/project/nose/1.3.7/#history) imports in Python 3.10 without error, but `nosetests` fails, due to imports from the module `collections` of classes that have moved to the module `collections.abc`. The error raised contains: ``` File ".../.virtualenvs/.../lib/python3.10/site-packages/nose/suite.py", line 106, in _set_tests if isinstance(tests, collections.Callable) and not is_suite: AttributeError: module 'collections' has no attribute 'Callable' ``` Relevant information about CPython changes in `collections` (removal of ABCs): - python/cpython#23754 - https://bugs.python.org/issue37324 - https://docs.python.org/3.10/library/collections.abc.html#collections-abstract-base-classes - Deprecation since Python 3.3, present until Python 3.9: https://docs.python.org/3.9/library/collections.html#module-collections - Removed in Python 3.10: https://docs.python.org/3.10/whatsnew/3.10.html#removed The script `run_tests.py` is rewritten, based on `pytest` functionality. The file `test/transys_mathset_test.py` has been changed to mode 100644 in order to not need an equivalent `pytest` option for option `--exe` of `nose`. In the test script `tests/mathfunc_test.py`, the function `_get_state_input_output_pair_test` has been renamed to `_get_state_input_output_pair` to avoid its name being matched by the pattern `python_functions = test_* *_test` defined in the configuration file `tests/pytest.ini`.
for compatibility with Python 3.10. The package `nose` is not compatible with Python 3.10, because it imports abstract base classes from the module `collections`, [`nose == 1.3.7`](https://pypi.org/project/nose/1.3.7/#history) imports in Python 3.10 without error, but `nosetests` fails, due to imports from the module `collections` of classes that have moved to the module `collections.abc`. The error raised contains: ``` File ".../.virtualenvs/.../lib/python3.10/site-packages/nose/suite.py", line 106, in _set_tests if isinstance(tests, collections.Callable) and not is_suite: AttributeError: module 'collections' has no attribute 'Callable' ``` Relevant information about CPython changes in `collections` (removal of ABCs): - python/cpython#23754 - https://bugs.python.org/issue37324 - https://docs.python.org/3.10/library/collections.abc.html#collections-abstract-base-classes - Deprecation since Python 3.3, present until Python 3.9: https://docs.python.org/3.9/library/collections.html#module-collections - Removed in Python 3.10: https://docs.python.org/3.10/whatsnew/3.10.html#removed The script `run_tests.py` is rewritten, based on `pytest` functionality. The file `test/transys_mathset_test.py` has been changed to mode 100644 in order to not need an equivalent `pytest` option for option `--exe` of `nose`. In the test script `tests/mathfunc_test.py`, the function `_get_state_input_output_pair_test` has been renamed to `_get_state_input_output_pair` to avoid its name being matched by the pattern `python_functions = test_* *_test` defined in the configuration file `tests/pytest.ini`.
for compatibility with Python 3.10. - REL: add `pytest >= 4.6.11` to the argument `tests_require` of the function `setuptools.setup` in the script `setup.py`. This lower bound has been selected to ensure compatibility with both Python 3 and Python 2.7. See below for details. - REL: add `pytest >= 4.6.11` to file `requirements.txt` - REL: remove `nose` from argument `tests_require` of the function `setuptools.setup` in script `setup.py` - REL: remove `nose` from file `requirements.txt` - CI: update file `.travis.yml` - CI: remove the collection of coverage measurements on Travis CI, because these measurements do not collect Cython coverage with the build configuration currently used for CI testing. - DEV: remove `coveralls` from the file `requirements.txt`, because the package `coveralls` was used only on Travis CI. - TST: add a configuration file `tests/pytest.ini` and include it in `MANIFEST.in` - GIT: ignore `.pytest_cache/` in `.gitignore` ## Motivation The change from [`nose == 1.3.7`]( https://pypi.org/project/nose/1.3.7/#history) to [`pytest`]( https://pypi.org/project/pytest) is motivated by compatibility with Python 3.10. ## `nose` is incompatible with Python 3.10 The package `nose`, which was used to run the tests of `dd`, is not compatible with Python 3.10 (for details, read the last section below). Also, `nose` uses the `imp` module from CPython's standard library. The module `imp` [is deprecated]( https://docs.python.org/3.10/library/imp.html), so it may be removed in some future Python version. ## Summary of transition to `pytest` In summary, using `pytest` with the existing tests requires adding a [configuration file `tests/pytest.ini`]( https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/reference/customize.html#configuration-file-formats) to tell `pytest` which functions, classes, and methods to collect tests from (called "discovery" of tests). The [parameter `--continue-on-collection-errors`]( https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/reference/reference.html#command-line-flags) tells `pytest` to not stop in case any test module fails to import, and to continue with running the tests. The ability to run the tests when some `dd` C extension modules are not installed is necessary. After transitioning the tests to `pytest`, the tests have been confirmed to run successfully: - on Python 2.7 with `pytest == 4.6.11`, and - on Python 3.9 with `pytest == 6.2.4`. ## Considering using `unittest` For writing `dd` tests, the module [`unittest`]( https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.html) (part of CPython's standard library) suffices. For *discovering* the tests, `unittest` seems to require that tests be methods of subclasses of the class `unittest.TestCase`. This is not the case in the tests of `dd` tests. Using `pytest` allows changing the test runner from `nosetests` with minimal changes to the tests themselves. Test discovery using `unittest` could possibly be implemented by adding a file `tests/__init__.py`, and defining in that file a function `load_tests`, following the [documentation of `unittest`]( https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.html#unittest.TestLoader.discover). In any case, it is simpler to use `pytest`, which requires only a configuration file. If `unittest` encounters an `ImportError` during collection of the tests (i.e., when `unittest` tries to import test modules), then it stops. There does not appear to be any way to tell `unittest` to continue and run the rest of the test modules (those that *could* be imported). ## Usage of `nose` The dependence on `nose` was minimal. Only one function was used from `nose`: the function `nose.tools.assert_raises`. The function `assert_raises` is dynamically defined [in the module `nose.tools.trivial`]( https://github.com/nose-devs/nose/blob/release_1.3.7/nose/tools/trivial.py#L32-L54) by instantiating the class `unittest.TestCase`, and setting `assert_raises` to equal the [bound method `assertRaises`]( https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.html#unittest.TestCase.assertRaises) of the instance of `TestCase`. So the function `assert_raises` from `nose` is a PEP8-compliant binding for the method `unittest.TestCase.assertRaises`. Reading the code of `unittest`: - <https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/6fdc4d37f3fdbc1bd51f841be6e5e4708a3b8798/Lib/unittest/case.py#L156-L243> - <https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/6fdc4d37f3fdbc1bd51f841be6e5e4708a3b8798/Lib/unittest/case.py#L704-L735> it follows that the usage: ```python with nose.tools.assert_raises(AssertionError): foo(1, 2) ``` is equivalent to the following code (`AssertionError` here is used as an example): ```python with unittest.TestCase().assertRaises(AssertionError): foo(1, 2) ``` ## Replacing usage of `nose` with `pytest` in test code The [context manager `pytest.raises`]( https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/reference/reference.html#pytest-raises) is a [drop-in replacement]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop-in_replacement) for the function `nose.tools.assert_raises`: ```python with pytest.raises(AssertionError): foo(1, 2) ``` Also, the tests can still be run with `nosetests` on Python versions where `nose` is still available. ## Replacing the test runner `nosetests` with `pytest` - `pytest` correctly recognized the test files by default - `pytest` does not recognize by default methods of classes that do not start with "Test" as test methods. The configuration file is necessary for changing this behavior of `pytest` (in particular, the command-line parameter `-k` did not seem to work for classes). Relevant documentation: - <https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/explanation/goodpractices.html#conventions-for-python-test-discovery> - <https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/example/pythoncollection.html#changing-naming-conventions> - <https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/how-to/nose.html> - <https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/reference/reference.html#confval-python_classes> - <https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/reference/reference.html#confval-python_functions> - <https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/reference/reference.html#confval-python_files> - The call `pytest tests/foo_test.py` imports the package `dd` from `site-packages` (assuming that the module `foo_test.py` contains the statement `import dd`). So the default behavior of `pytest` is as intended. In contrast, `nosetests tests/foo_test.py` imports the package `dd` from the local directory `dd/`, even though `dd` *is* installed under `site-packages`. In any case, `pytest` is called from within the directory `tests/`, as was done for `nosetests`. Both: - `python -m pytest tests/foo_test.py` and - `PYTHONPATH=. pytest tests/foo_test.py` result in importing `dd` from the local directory `dd/`. Relevant documentation: - <https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/explanation/pythonpath.html#invoking-pytest-versus-python-m-pytest> - <https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/how-to/usage.html#invoke-python> As remarked above, the parameter [`--continue-on-collection-errors`]( https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/reference/reference.html#command-line-flags) of `pytest` needs to be used for running the tests when some of the C extension modules are not installed. For example: ``` cd tests/ pytest -v --continue-on-collection-errors . ``` To activate [Python's development mode]( https://docs.python.org/3/library/devmode.html): ``` cd tests/ python -X dev -m pytest -vvv --continue-on-collection-errors . ``` ## Further remarks Observations about `pytest`: - detects assertions that failed, and marks their source lines - avoids the deprecated `imp` module (of the standard library) that `nose` uses (and thus the associated `DeprecationWarning`) <https://docs.python.org/3.10/library/imp.html> - running the tests of `dd` with `pytest` revealed several `DeprecationWarning`s that were previously not shown by `nose` (these warnings were about invalid escape sequences due to backslashes appearing in non-raw strings). [`pytest == 6.2.4`](https://pypi.org/project/pytest/6.2.4) is not compatible with Python 2.7. [`pytest == 4.6.11`](https://pypi.org/project/pytest/4.6.11/) is the latest version of `pytest` that is compatible with Python 2.7 (released on June 5, 2020). `pytest` specifies `python_requires` [PEP 345]( https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0345/#requires-python), [PEP 503]( https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0503/): - <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/blob/4.6.11/setup.cfg#L48> - <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/blob/5.0.0/setup.cfg#L43> So including `pytest>=4.6.11` in the file `requirements.txt` suffices to install, on each Python version, the latest version of `pytest` that is compatible with that Python version. This simplifies testing on CI, and packaging. In other words, conditional installations in the file `.travis.yml` are not needed for `pytest`, neither conditional definition of `tests_require` in the script `setup.py`. This approach leaves implicit the upper bound on `pytest` in `tests_require`. This upper bound is specified explicitly by `pytest` itself, depending on the Python version of the interpreter. It appears that `pip == 9.0.0` and `setuptools == 24.2.0` are required, to correctly implement `python_requires`: - <https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/news/#v9-0-0> - <https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/history.html#v24-2-1> ## How replacing usage of `nose` with `unittest` would have looked like A way to replace `nose` could have been to add a module `tests/utils.py` containing: ```python """Common functionality for tests.""" import unittest _test_case = unittest.TestCase() assert_raises = _test_case.assertRaises ``` which is close to what `nose` does. The function `assert_raises` could then be imported from the module `utils` in test modules, and used. Using `pytest` avoids the need for this workaround. ## Details about the incompatibility of `nose` with Python 3.10 [`nose == 1.3.7`]( https://pypi.org/project/nose/1.3.7/#history) imports in Python 3.10. Running `nosetests` fails, due to imports from the module `collections` of classes that have moved to the module `collections.abc`. Relevant information about CPython changes in `collections` (removal of ABCs): - <python/cpython#23754> - <https://bugs.python.org/issue37324> - <https://docs.python.org/3.10/library/collections.abc.html#collections-abstract-base-classes> - Deprecation since Python 3.3, present until Python 3.9: <https://docs.python.org/3.9/library/collections.html#module-collections> - Removed in Python 3.10: <https://docs.python.org/3.10/whatsnew/3.10.html#removed> ## About skipping tests The decorator `unittest.skipIf` is recognized by `pytest`, and skipped tests are correctly recorded and reported. In any case, note also the `pytest` test-skipping facilities: - <https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/how-to/skipping.html> - <https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/how-to/unittest.html> - <https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/example/simple.html#control-skipping-of-tests-according-to-command-line-option> ## About passing `-X dev` to `python` in the `Makefile` The argument `dev` is available for the `python` option [`-X` only on Python 3.7 and higher]( https://docs.python.org/3/library/devmode.html#devmode). So the `Makefile` rules where `-X dev` appears are not compatible with ealier Python versions supported by `dd`. This is not an issue: the development environment is intended to be Python 3.9 or higher, so there is no issue with using `-X dev`. ## Avoiding interaction between tests via class attributes Avoid class attributes in test classes. Use [data attributes][1] instead. Initialize the data attributes in setup methods of the test classes, as is common practice. This approach avoids interaction (via class attributes) between test scripts that import the same modules of common tests. With `nose`, this kind of interaction apparently did not occur, as observed by test failures that were expected to happen. However, `pytest` apparently runs tests in a way that changes to imported modules (e.g., class attributes) persist between different test scripts. This `pytest` behavior was observed by the disappearance of test failures when running with `pytest` (the test failures were observable with `pytest` only when telling `pytest` to run individual test scripts, instead of collecting tests from all test scripts. The cause of the issue with `pytest` was the modification of class attributes (not [data attributes][1]) from the importing module, of classes in the imported module. The modifications were done by setting the class attribute `DD` that defines the BDD or ZDD manager class. Both the scripts `cudd_test.py` and `autoref_test.py` made modifications. The end result was `autoref` tests being run using the class `dd.cudd.BDD`. Using data attributes, instead of class attributes, and subclassing, avoids this kind of erroneous testing. This approach is explicit [PEP 20][4]. [1]: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/classes.html#instance-objects [2]: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-xdist [3]: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-forked [4]: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0020/
for compatibility with Python 3.10. - REL: add `pytest >= 4.6.11` to the argument `tests_require` of the function `setuptools.setup` in the script `setup.py`. This lower bound has been selected to ensure compatibility with both Python 3 and Python 2.7. See below for details. - REL: add `pytest >= 4.6.11` to file `requirements.txt` - REL: remove `nose` from argument `tests_require` of the function `setuptools.setup` in script `setup.py` - REL: remove `nose` from file `requirements.txt` - CI: update file `.travis.yml` - CI: remove the collection of coverage measurements on Travis CI, because these measurements do not collect Cython coverage with the build configuration currently used for CI testing. - DEV: remove `coveralls` from the file `requirements.txt`, because the package `coveralls` was used only on Travis CI. - TST: add a configuration file `tests/pytest.ini` and include it in `MANIFEST.in` - GIT: ignore `.pytest_cache/` in `.gitignore` ## Motivation The change from [`nose == 1.3.7`]( https://pypi.org/project/nose/1.3.7/#history) to [`pytest`]( https://pypi.org/project/pytest) is motivated by compatibility with Python 3.10. ## `nose` is incompatible with Python 3.10 The package `nose`, which was used to run the tests of `dd`, is not compatible with Python 3.10 (for details, read the last section below). Also, `nose` uses the `imp` module from CPython's standard library. The module `imp` [is deprecated]( https://docs.python.org/3.10/library/imp.html), so it may be removed in some future Python version. ## Summary of transition to `pytest` In summary, using `pytest` with the existing tests requires adding a [configuration file `tests/pytest.ini`]( https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/reference/customize.html#configuration-file-formats) to tell `pytest` which functions, classes, and methods to collect tests from (called "discovery" of tests). The [parameter `--continue-on-collection-errors`]( https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/reference/reference.html#command-line-flags) tells `pytest` to not stop in case any test module fails to import, and to continue with running the tests. The ability to run the tests when some `dd` C extension modules are not installed is necessary. After transitioning the tests to `pytest`, the tests have been confirmed to run successfully: - on Python 2.7 with `pytest == 4.6.11`, and - on Python 3.9 with `pytest == 6.2.4`. ## Considering using `unittest` For writing `dd` tests, the module [`unittest`]( https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.html) (part of CPython's standard library) suffices. For *discovering* the tests, `unittest` seems to require that tests be methods of subclasses of the class `unittest.TestCase`. This is not the case in the tests of `dd` tests. Using `pytest` allows changing the test runner from `nosetests` with minimal changes to the tests themselves. Test discovery using `unittest` could possibly be implemented by adding a file `tests/__init__.py`, and defining in that file a function `load_tests`, following the [documentation of `unittest`]( https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.html#unittest.TestLoader.discover). In any case, it is simpler to use `pytest`, which requires only a configuration file. If `unittest` encounters an `ImportError` during collection of the tests (i.e., when `unittest` tries to import test modules), then it stops. There does not appear to be any way to tell `unittest` to continue and run the rest of the test modules (those that *could* be imported). ## Usage of `nose` The dependence on `nose` was minimal. Only one function was used from `nose`: the function `nose.tools.assert_raises`. The function `assert_raises` is dynamically defined [in the module `nose.tools.trivial`]( https://github.com/nose-devs/nose/blob/release_1.3.7/nose/tools/trivial.py#L32-L54) by instantiating the class `unittest.TestCase`, and setting `assert_raises` to equal the [bound method `assertRaises`]( https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.html#unittest.TestCase.assertRaises) of the instance of `TestCase`. So the function `assert_raises` from `nose` is a PEP8-compliant binding for the method `unittest.TestCase.assertRaises`. Reading the code of `unittest`: - <https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/6fdc4d37f3fdbc1bd51f841be6e5e4708a3b8798/Lib/unittest/case.py#L156-L243> - <https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/6fdc4d37f3fdbc1bd51f841be6e5e4708a3b8798/Lib/unittest/case.py#L704-L735> it follows that the usage: ```python with nose.tools.assert_raises(AssertionError): foo(1, 2) ``` is equivalent to the following code (`AssertionError` here is used as an example): ```python with unittest.TestCase().assertRaises(AssertionError): foo(1, 2) ``` ## Replacing usage of `nose` with `pytest` in test code The [context manager `pytest.raises`]( https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/reference/reference.html#pytest-raises) is a [drop-in replacement]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop-in_replacement) for the function `nose.tools.assert_raises`: ```python with pytest.raises(AssertionError): foo(1, 2) ``` Also, the tests can still be run with `nosetests` on Python versions where `nose` is still available. ## Replacing the test runner `nosetests` with `pytest` - `pytest` correctly recognized the test files by default - `pytest` does not recognize by default methods of classes that do not start with "Test" as test methods. The configuration file is necessary for changing this behavior of `pytest` (in particular, the command-line parameter `-k` did not seem to work for classes). Relevant documentation: - <https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/explanation/goodpractices.html#conventions-for-python-test-discovery> - <https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/example/pythoncollection.html#changing-naming-conventions> - <https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/how-to/nose.html> - <https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/reference/reference.html#confval-python_classes> - <https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/reference/reference.html#confval-python_functions> - <https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/reference/reference.html#confval-python_files> - The call `pytest tests/foo_test.py` imports the package `dd` from `site-packages` (assuming that the module `foo_test.py` contains the statement `import dd`). So the default behavior of `pytest` is as intended. In contrast, `nosetests tests/foo_test.py` imports the package `dd` from the local directory `dd/`, even though `dd` *is* installed under `site-packages`. In any case, `pytest` is called from within the directory `tests/`, as was done for `nosetests`. Both: - `python -m pytest tests/foo_test.py` and - `PYTHONPATH=. pytest tests/foo_test.py` result in importing `dd` from the local directory `dd/`. Relevant documentation: - <https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/explanation/pythonpath.html#invoking-pytest-versus-python-m-pytest> - <https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/how-to/usage.html#invoke-python> As remarked above, the parameter [`--continue-on-collection-errors`]( https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/reference/reference.html#command-line-flags) of `pytest` needs to be used for running the tests when some of the C extension modules are not installed. For example: ``` cd tests/ pytest -v --continue-on-collection-errors . ``` To activate [Python's development mode]( https://docs.python.org/3/library/devmode.html): ``` cd tests/ python -X dev -m pytest -vvv --continue-on-collection-errors . ``` ## Further remarks Observations about `pytest`: - detects assertions that failed, and marks their source lines - avoids the deprecated `imp` module (of the standard library) that `nose` uses (and thus the associated `DeprecationWarning`) <https://docs.python.org/3.10/library/imp.html> - running the tests of `dd` with `pytest` revealed several `DeprecationWarning`s that were previously not shown by `nose` (these warnings were about invalid escape sequences due to backslashes appearing in non-raw strings). [`pytest == 6.2.4`](https://pypi.org/project/pytest/6.2.4) is not compatible with Python 2.7. [`pytest == 4.6.11`](https://pypi.org/project/pytest/4.6.11/) is the latest version of `pytest` that is compatible with Python 2.7 (released on June 5, 2020). `pytest` specifies `python_requires` [PEP 345]( https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0345/#requires-python), [PEP 503]( https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0503/): - <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/blob/4.6.11/setup.cfg#L48> - <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/blob/5.0.0/setup.cfg#L43> So including `pytest>=4.6.11` in the file `requirements.txt` suffices to install, on each Python version, the latest version of `pytest` that is compatible with that Python version. This simplifies testing on CI, and packaging. In other words, conditional installations in the file `.travis.yml` are not needed for `pytest`, neither conditional definition of `tests_require` in the script `setup.py`. This approach leaves implicit the upper bound on `pytest` in `tests_require`. This upper bound is specified explicitly by `pytest` itself, depending on the Python version of the interpreter. It appears that `pip == 9.0.0` and `setuptools == 24.2.0` are required, to correctly implement `python_requires`: - <https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/news/#v9-0-0> - <https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/history.html#v24-2-1> ## How replacing usage of `nose` with `unittest` would have looked like A way to replace `nose` could have been to add a module `tests/utils.py` containing: ```python """Common functionality for tests.""" import unittest _test_case = unittest.TestCase() assert_raises = _test_case.assertRaises ``` which is close to what `nose` does. The function `assert_raises` could then be imported from the module `utils` in test modules, and used. Using `pytest` avoids the need for this workaround. ## Details about the incompatibility of `nose` with Python 3.10 [`nose == 1.3.7`]( https://pypi.org/project/nose/1.3.7/#history) imports in Python 3.10. Running `nosetests` fails, due to imports from the module `collections` of classes that have moved to the module `collections.abc`. Relevant information about CPython changes in `collections` (removal of ABCs): - <python/cpython#23754> - <https://bugs.python.org/issue37324> - <https://docs.python.org/3.10/library/collections.abc.html#collections-abstract-base-classes> - Deprecation since Python 3.3, present until Python 3.9: <https://docs.python.org/3.9/library/collections.html#module-collections> - Removed in Python 3.10: <https://docs.python.org/3.10/whatsnew/3.10.html#removed> ## About skipping tests The decorator `unittest.skipIf` is recognized by `pytest`, and skipped tests are correctly recorded and reported. In any case, note also the `pytest` test-skipping facilities: - <https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/how-to/skipping.html> - <https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/how-to/unittest.html> - <https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/example/simple.html#control-skipping-of-tests-according-to-command-line-option> ## About passing `-X dev` to `python` in the `Makefile` The argument `dev` is available for the `python` option [`-X` only on Python 3.7 and higher]( https://docs.python.org/3/library/devmode.html#devmode). So the `Makefile` rules where `-X dev` appears are not compatible with ealier Python versions supported by `dd`. This is not an issue: the development environment is intended to be Python 3.9 or higher, so there is no issue with using `-X dev`. ## Avoiding interaction between tests via class attributes Avoid class attributes in test classes. Use [data attributes][1] instead. Initialize the data attributes in setup methods of the test classes, as is common practice. This approach avoids interaction (via class attributes) between test scripts that import the same modules of common tests. With `nose`, this kind of interaction apparently did not occur, as observed by test failures that were expected to happen. However, `pytest` apparently runs tests in a way that changes to imported modules (e.g., class attributes) persist between different test scripts. This `pytest` behavior was observed by the disappearance of test failures when running with `pytest` (the test failures were observable with `pytest` only when telling `pytest` to run individual test scripts, instead of collecting tests from all test scripts. The cause of the issue with `pytest` was the modification of class attributes (not [data attributes][1]) from the importing module, of classes in the imported module. The modifications were done by setting the class attribute `DD` that defines the BDD or ZDD manager class. Both the scripts `cudd_test.py` and `autoref_test.py` made modifications. The end result was `autoref` tests being run using the class `dd.cudd.BDD`. Using data attributes, instead of class attributes, and subclassing, avoids this kind of erroneous testing. This approach is explicit [PEP 20][4]. [1]: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/classes.html#instance-objects [2]: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-xdist [3]: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-forked [4]: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0020/
Remove deprecated aliases to Abstract Base Classes from the collections module.
This is an updated version of @vstinner's #14171, but for Python 3.10.
PR #14171 was originally for 3.9, but closed as it was decided to postpone the removal to 3.10 (#18545) to give 3rd-party modules like html5lib more time to update.
html5lib updated in html5lib/html5lib-python#403 and released in version 1.1 (June 2020) https://github.com/html5lib/html5lib-python/releases/tag/1.1.
@vstinner I just put your name in
Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst
because this is an updated version of your PR, let me know if I should update it.https://bugs.python.org/issue37324