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| author | Sebastian Falbesoner <sebastian.falbesoner@gmail.com> | 2023-12-08 17:39:23 +0100 |
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| committer | Sebastian Falbesoner <sebastian.falbesoner@gmail.com> | 2023-12-08 18:16:27 +0100 |
| commit | 878d914777a03a04ecb84217152e8b7fd73a5062 (patch) | |
| tree | 13ebffd9e90e8c2d5026c1efde5983e6e5bb4b3a | |
| parent | 4c65ac96f8b021c107783adce3e8afe4f8edee6e (diff) | |
| download | bitcoin-878d914777a03a04ecb84217152e8b7fd73a5062.tar.xz | |
doc: test: mention OS detection preferences in style guideline
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diff --git a/test/functional/README.md b/test/functional/README.md index 1bd618a0c3..a4994f2e7c 100644 --- a/test/functional/README.md +++ b/test/functional/README.md @@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ don't have test cases for. `set_test_params()`, `add_options()` and `setup_xxxx()` methods at the top of the subclass, then locally-defined helper methods, then the `run_test()` method. - Use `f'{x}'` for string formatting in preference to `'{}'.format(x)` or `'%s' % x`. +- Use `platform.system()` for detecting the running operating system and `os.name` to + check whether it's a POSIX system (see also the `skip_if_platform_not_{linux,posix}` + methods in the `BitcoinTestFramework` class, which can be used to skip a whole test + depending on the platform). #### Naming guidelines |