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diff --git a/Doc/library/doctest.rst b/Doc/library/doctest.rst index 2e372de34a..9aa9ea6614 100644 --- a/Doc/library/doctest.rst +++ b/Doc/library/doctest.rst @@ -1058,15 +1058,9 @@ from text files and modules with doctests: This function uses the same search technique as :func:`testmod`. - .. note:: - Unlike :func:`testmod` and :class:`DocTestFinder`, this function raises - a :exc:`ValueError` if *module* contains no docstrings. You can prevent - this error by passing a :class:`DocTestFinder` instance as the - *test_finder* argument with its *exclude_empty* keyword argument set - to ``False``:: - - >>> finder = doctest.DocTestFinder(exclude_empty=False) - >>> suite = doctest.DocTestSuite(test_finder=finder) + .. versionchanged:: 3.5 + :func:`DocTestSuite` returns an empty :class:`unittest.TestSuite` if *module* + contains no docstrings instead of raising :exc:`ValueError`. Under the covers, :func:`DocTestSuite` creates a :class:`unittest.TestSuite` out |