Does django need to set TEST_RUNNER first to run doctest?

Question

I started a deadly simple django project to try django's doctest:

# models.py
"""
>>> 1+1 == 2
True
"""

and run python manage.py test get:

Creating test database for alias 'default'...

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 0 tests in 0.000s

OK
Destroying test database for alias 'default'...

Same as running python manage.py play.

I fixed this by setting:

INSTALLED_APPS = (
...
'django_nose',
)
TEST_RUNNER = 'django_nose.NoseTestSuiteRunner'
NOSE_ARGS = ['--with-doctest']

My question is that whether my setting is needed or not? Cause it's not mentioned in the doc: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/topics/testing/

My django version is 1.7, is it the difference between 1.4 and 1.7?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 12 '15 at 10:26

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Since 1.6, doctests are no longer automatically discovered by Django. You'll find more on how to integrate doctests in the 1.6 release documentation.

answered May 12 '15 at 10:26

Mathieu Dhondt

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Could you have a more detailed explanation about how django gets the doctests before? – Kane Blueriver May 12 '15 at 10:34
You'll find that in the [Django 1.5 doctest documentation](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.5/topics/testing/doctests/). – Mathieu Dhondt May 12 '15 at 10:41

Does django need to set TEST_RUNNER first to run doctest?

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