Simplify and test the default pragma exclusion.

2 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/coverage/config.py b/coverage/config.py
index 0febb36c..20cbc041 100644
--- a/coverage/config.py
+++ b/coverage/config.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class CoverageConfig(object):
         self.cover_pylib = False
         self.timid = False
         self.branch = False
-        self.exclude_list = ['# *pragma[: ]*[nN][oO] *[cC][oO][vV][eE][rR]']
+        self.exclude_list = ['(?i)# *pragma[: ]*no *cover']
         self.data_file = ".coverage"
 
     def from_environment(self, env_var):
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class CoverageConfig(object):
                 setattr(self, k, v)
 
     def from_file(self, *files):
-        """Read configurating from .rc files.
+        """Read configuration from .rc files.
 
         Each argument in `files` is a file name to read.
 
diff --git a/test/test_coverage.py b/test/test_coverage.py
index c3a88d71..7b4a41ce 100644
--- a/test/test_coverage.py
+++ b/test/test_coverage.py
@@ -1118,6 +1118,18 @@ class CompoundStatementTest(CoverageTest):
 class ExcludeTest(CoverageTest):
     """Tests of the exclusion feature to mark lines as not covered."""
 
+    def testDefault(self):
+        # A number of forms of pragma comment are accepted.
+        self.check_coverage("""\
+            a = 1
+            b = 2   # pragma: no cover
+            c = 3
+            d = 4   #pragma NOCOVER
+            e = 5
+            """,
+            [1,3,5]
+            )
+
     def testSimple(self):
         self.check_coverage("""\
             a = 1; b = 2