testing: workaround issue with nose testing's ZeroNinePlugin

astraw · astraw · commit 87ee161bfd2f · 2009-09-06T01:42:52.000Z
svn path=/trunk/matplotlib/; revision=7645
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/testing/noseclasses.py b/lib/matplotlib/testing/noseclasses.py
@@ -38,8 +38,15 @@ def configure(self, options, conf):
         if disable:
             self.enabled = False
 
-    def addError( self, test, err ):
+    def addError( self, test, err, *zero_nine_capt_args ):
         # Fixme (Really weird): if I don't leave empty method here,
         # nose gets confused and KnownFails become testing errors when
         # using the MplNosePlugin and MplTestCase.
+
+        # The *zero_nine_capt_args captures an extra argument. There
+        # seems to be a bug in
+        # nose.testing.manager.ZeroNinePlugin.addError() in which a
+        # 3rd positional argument ("capt") is passed to the plugin's
+        # addError() method, even if one is not explicitly using the
+        # ZeroNinePlugin.
         pass
