asciidoctest 0.1.0a2

= asciidoctest: Python Doctest Runner for AsciiDoc
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`asciidoctest` is a Python doctest runner designed to parse, collect, and execute tests from AsciiDoc (`.adoc`) files and Python docstrings. 

It integrates AST-based parsing using `asciidoctrine` and `asciidocstring` to provide accurate and standard-compliant testing of documentation.

== Features

* **AST-Based Parsing**: Structural parsing using `asciidoctrine` (AsciiDoc parser) and `asciidocstring` (AsciiDoc docstring parser).
* **Execution Modes**:
  - `explicit` (default): Only executes blocks with the `test` attribute or role (e.g., `[source,python,test]` or `[.test]\n[source,python]`).
  - `eager`: Executes all `[source,python]` code blocks across the document.
* **Shared State**: Within a single AsciiDoc document, subsequent blocks share execution state sequentially top-to-bottom. Execution state is completely isolated between separate files.
* **Pytest Integration**: Automatic discovery and execution of `.adoc` files and Python docstrings via registered pytest collectors.
* **Unittest Compatibility**: Suite wrappers (`DocTestSuite` and `DocFileSuite`) designed to integrate with the standard library `unittest` runner.

== Installation

[source,bash]
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pip install asciidoctest
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== Pytest Integration

`asciidoctest` automatically registers as a `pytest` plugin. Simply execute `pytest` in your project directory:

[source,bash]
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pytest
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=== Configuration

You can configure collection behavior in your `pyproject.toml` or `pytest.ini`:

[source,ini]
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[pytest]
asciidoctest_mode = eager
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Alternatively, you can supply the `--asciidoctest-mode` flag:

[source,bash]
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pytest --asciidoctest-mode=eager
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== Unittest Integration

To use the standard library `unittest` package, load tests using `DocFileSuite` or `DocTestSuite`:

[source,python]
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import unittest
from asciidoctest import DocFileSuite

def suite():
    return DocFileSuite("README.adoc")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    unittest.main(defaultTest="suite")
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== Examples

Below are standard test blocks demonstrating interactive and script-based execution.

=== Interactive Session

We can run interactive Python sessions with expected outputs:

[source,python,test]
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>>> x = "asciidoctest"
>>> x.upper()
'ASCIIDOCTEST'
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=== Sequential Script Block

We can run script-based test blocks with standard Python assertions. Because they share execution state sequentially, variables defined in previous blocks are accessible:

[source,python,test]
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assert x == "asciidoctest"
y = len(x)
assert y == 12
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=== Directives Support

Standard `doctest` directives such as `ELLIPSIS` are supported:

[source,python,test]
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>>> print("Hello ... World")
Hello ... World
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