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+========================= |
+Things that cause trouble |
+========================= |
+ |
+:history: 20121231T085200, brand new docs. |
+ |
+Coverage works well, and I want it to properly measure any Python program, but |
+there are some situations it can't cope with. This page details some known |
+problems, with possible courses of action, and links to coverage.py bug reports |
+with more information. |
+ |
+I would love to :ref:`hear from you <contact>` if you have information about any of |
+these problems, even just to explain to me why you want them to start working |
+properly. |
+ |
+If your problem isn't discussed here, you can of course search the `coverage.py |
+bug tracker`_ directly to see if there is some mention of it. |
+ |
+.. _coverage.py bug tracker: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issues?status=new&status=open |
+ |
+ |
+Things that don't work |
+---------------------- |
+ |
+There are a number of popular modules, packages, and libraries that prevent |
+coverage.py from working properly: |
+ |
+* `execv`_, or one of its variants. These end the current program and replace |
+ it with a new one. This doesn't save the collected coverage data, so your |
+ program that calls execv will not be fully measured. A patch for coverage.py |
+ is in `issue 43`_. |
+ |
+* `multiprocessing`_ launches processes to provide parallelism. These |
+ processes don't get measured by coverage.py. Some possible fixes are |
+ discussed or linked to in `issue 117`_. |
+ |
+* `gevent`_, which is based on `greenlet`_, and is similar to `eventlet`_. All |
+ of these manipulate the C stack, and therefore confuse coverage.py. |
+ `Issue 149`_ has some pointers to more information. |
+ |
+* `sys.settrace`_ is the Python feature that coverage.py uses to see what's |
+ happening in your program. If another part of your program is using |
+ sys.settrace, then it will conflict with coverage.py, and it won't be |
+ measured properly. |
+ |
+.. _execv: http://docs.python.org/library/os#os.execl |
+.. _multiprocessing: http://docs.python.org/library/multiprocessing.html |
+.. _gevent: http://www.gevent.org/ |
+.. _greenlet: http://greenlet.readthedocs.org/ |
+.. _eventlet: http://eventlet.net/ |
+.. _sys.settrace: docs.python.org/library/sys.html#sys.settrace |
+.. _issue 43: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/43/coverage-measurement-fails-on-code |
+.. _issue 117: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/117/enable-coverage-measurement-of-code-run-by |
+.. _issue 149: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/149/coverage-gevent-looks-broken |
+ |
+ |
+Things that require --timid |
+--------------------------- |
+ |
+Some packages interfere with coverage measurement, but you might be able to |
+make it work by using the ``--timid`` command-line switch, or the ``[run] |
+timid=True`` configuration option. |
+ |
+* `DecoratorTools`_, or any package which uses it, notably `TurboGears`_. |
+ DecoratorTools fiddles with the trace function. You will need to use |
+ ``--timid``. |
+ |
+.. _DecoratorTools: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/DecoratorTools |
+.. _TurboGears: http://turbogears.org/ |
+ |
+ |
+Really obscure things |
+--------------------- |
+ |
+* Python 2.5 had a bug (`1569356`_) that could make your program behave |
+ differently when being measured with coverage. This is diagnosed in `issue 51`_. |
+ |
+.. _issue 51: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/51/turbogears-15-test-failing-with-coverage |
+.. _1569356: http://bugs.python.org/issue1569356 |
+ |
+ |
+Still having trouble? |
+--------------------- |
+ |
+If your problem isn't mentioned here, and isn't already reported in the `coverage.py bug tracker`_, |
+please :ref:`get in touch with me <contact>`, we'll figure out a solution. |