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Lines starting with <hask>-- ></hask> denote ''expressions''.
Lines starting with <hask>-- ></hask> denote ''expressions''.
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All comment lines following an expression denote the
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''result'' of that expression. Result is defined by what a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Read-eval-print_loop REPL]
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''result'' of that expression. Result is defined by what an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Read-eval-print_loop REPL]
(e.g. ghci) prints to <hask>stdout</hask> and <hask>stderror</hask> when
(e.g. ghci) prints to <hask>stdout</hask> and <hask>stderror</hask> when
evaluating that expression.
evaluating that expression.

Revision as of 12:01, 22 March 2009

Contents

1 What is DocTest

DocTest is a small program, that checks examples in Haskell comments. It is modeled after doctest for Python.

2 Tutorial

Bellow is a small Haskell module. The module contains source code comments. Those comments are examples from an interactive Haskell session and demonstrate how the module is used. 

module Fib where
 
-- Examples:
--
-- > fib 10
-- 55
 
-- > fib 5
-- 5
 
fib 0 = 0
fib 1 = 1
fib n = fib (n - 1) + fib (n - 2)

With DocTest you may checks if the implementation satisfies the given examples, by typing (on your Unix shell): 

$ doctest Fib.hs


Lines starting with
-- >
denote expressions.

All comment lines following an expression denote the result of that expression. Result is defined by what an REPL

(e.g. ghci) prints to
stdout
and
stderror
when

evaluating that expression.

3 DocTest on Hackage

http://hackage.haskell.org/cgi-bin/hackage-scripts/package/DocTest

4 Branches

http://code.haskell.org/~sih/code/DocTest.git/

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