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7878	unicode strings in model doctest silently prevent the test from being run	Dave Naffziger	nobody	"Here is the model that I created to demonstrate the bug.  If you create a new project with a new models.py file that looks like model file below, and try to run the test runner: python manage.py test

You'll see that 0 tests are run.  If you remove the last line from the doctest and rerun the same command, the test runs and fails.


{{{
from django.db import models

class PublicationManager(models.Manager):

    def get_printable_titles(self):
        titles = map(lambda x: x.title, self.all())
        printable_titles = '\n'.join(titles)
        return printable_titles

class Publication(models.Model):
    """"""
    # Create a couple of Publications.
    >>> p1 = Publication(id=None, title='The Python Journal')
    >>> p1.save()
    >>> p2 = Publication(id=None, title='Science News')
    >>> p2.save()
    >>> p3 = Publication(id=None, title='Science Weekly')
    >>> p3.save()
    >>> Publication.objects.get_printable_titles() 
    u'The Python Journal\nScience News\nScience Weekly'
    """"""
    title = models.CharField(max_length=30)
    objects = PublicationManager()
}}}

This problem can be corrected by making the docstring a raw docstring (preceding the string with an 'r').  However, the current 'silently fail to run the test' creates a dangerous scenario where users are unlikely to know that their tests aren't being run.
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