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-------------------------------
-Change history for Coverage.py
-------------------------------
-
-
-Version 3.2, 5 December 2009
-----------------------------
-
-- Added a --version options on the command line.
-
-
-Version 3.2b4, 1 December 2009
-------------------------------
-
-- Branch coverage improvements:
-
- - The XML report now includes branch information.
-
-- Click-to-sort HTML report columns are now persisted in a cookie. Viewing
- a report will sort it first the way you last had a coverage report sorted.
- Thanks, `Chris Adams`_.
-
-- On Python 3.x, setuptools has been replaced by `Distribute`_.
-
-.. _Distribute: http://packages.python.org/distribute/
-
-
-Version 3.2b3, 23 November 2009
--------------------------------
-
-- Fixed a memory leak in the C tracer that was introduced in 3.2b1.
-
-- Branch coverage improvements:
-
- - Branches to excluded code are ignored.
-
-- The table of contents in the HTML report is now sortable: click the headers
- on any column. Thanks, `Chris Adams`_.
-
-.. _Chris Adams: http://improbable.org/chris/
-
-
-Version 3.2b2, 19 November 2009
--------------------------------
-
-- Branch coverage improvements:
-
- - Classes are no longer incorrectly marked as branches: `issue 32`_.
-
- - "except" clauses with types are no longer incorrectly marked as branches:
- `issue 35`_.
-
-- Fixed some problems syntax coloring sources with line continuations and
- source with tabs: `issue 30`_ and `issue 31`_.
-
-- The --omit option now works much better than before, fixing `issue 14` and
- `issue 33`_. Thanks, Danek Duvall.
-
-.. _issue 14: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/14
-.. _issue 30: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/30
-.. _issue 31: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/31
-.. _issue 32: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/32
-.. _issue 33: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/33
-.. _issue 35: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/35
-
-
-Version 3.2b1, 10 November 2009
--------------------------------
-
-- Branch coverage!
-
-- XML reporting has file paths that let Cobertura find the source code.
-
-- The tracer code has changed, it's a few percent faster.
-
-- Some exceptions reported by the command line interface have been cleaned up
- so that tracebacks inside coverage.py aren't shown. Fixes `issue 23`_.
-
-.. _issue 23: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/23
-
-
-Version 3.1, 4 October 2009
----------------------------
-
-- Source code can now be read from eggs. Thanks, Ross Lawley. Fixes
- `issue 25`_.
-
-.. _issue 25: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/25
-
-
-Version 3.1b1, 27 September 2009
---------------------------------
-
-- Python 3.1 is now supported.
-
-- Coverage.py has a new command line syntax with sub-commands. This expands
- the possibilities for adding features and options in the future. The old
- syntax is still supported. Try "coverage help" to see the new commands.
- Thanks to Ben Finney for early help.
-
-- Added an experimental "coverage xml" command for producing coverage reports
- in a Cobertura-compatible XML format. Thanks, Bill Hart.
-
-- Added the --timid option to enable a simpler slower trace function that works
- for DecoratorTools projects, including TurboGears. Fixed `issue 12`_ and
- `issue 13`_.
-
-- HTML reports show modules from other directories. Fixed `issue 11`_.
-
-- HTML reports now display syntax-colored Python source.
-
-- Programs that change directory will still write .coverage files in the
- directory where execution started. Fixed `issue 24`_.
-
-- Added a "coverage debug" command for getting diagnostic information about the
- coverage.py installation.
-
-.. _issue 11: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/11
-.. _issue 12: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/12
-.. _issue 13: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/13
-.. _issue 24: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/24
-
-
-Version 3.0.1, 7 July 2009
---------------------------
-
-- Removed the recursion limit in the tracer function. Previously, code that
- ran more than 500 frames deep would crash. Fixed `issue 9`.
-
-- Fixed a bizarre problem involving pyexpat, whereby lines following XML parser
- invocations could be overlooked. Fixed `issue 10`.
-
-- On Python 2.3, coverage.py could mis-measure code with exceptions being
- raised. This is now fixed.
-
-- The coverage.py code itself will now not be measured by coverage.py, and no
- coverage modules will be mentioned in the nose --with-cover plug-in. Fixed
- `issue 8`.
-
-- When running source files, coverage.py now opens them in universal newline
- mode just like Python does. This lets it run Windows files on Mac, for
- example.
-
-.. _issue 9: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/9
-.. _issue 10: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/10
-.. _issue 8: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/8
-
-
-Version 3.0, 13 June 2009
--------------------------
-
-- Fixed the way the Python library was ignored. Too much code was being
- excluded the old way.
-
-- Tabs are now properly converted in HTML reports. Previously indentation was
- lost. Fixed `issue 6`.
-
-- Nested modules now get a proper flat_rootname. Thanks, Christian Heimes.
-
-.. _issue 6: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/6
-
-
-Version 3.0b3, 16 May 2009
---------------------------
-
-- Added parameters to coverage.__init__ for options that had been set on the
- coverage object itself.
-
-- Added clear_exclude() and get_exclude_list() methods for programmatic
- manipulation of the exclude regexes.
-
-- Added coverage.load() to read previously-saved data from the data file.
-
-- Improved the finding of code files. For example, .pyc files that have been
- installed after compiling are now located correctly. Thanks, Detlev
- Offenbach.
-
-- When using the object API (that is, constructing a coverage() object), data
- is no longer saved automatically on process exit. You can re-enable it with
- the auto_data=True parameter on the coverage() constructor. The module-level
- interface still uses automatic saving.
-
-
-Version 3.0b2, 30 April 2009
-----------------------------
-
-HTML reporting, and continued refactoring.
-
-- HTML reports and annotation of source files: use the new -b (browser) switch.
- Thanks to George Song for code, inspiration and guidance.
-
-- Code in the Python standard library is not measured by default. If you need
- to measure standard library code, use the -L command-line switch during
- execution, or the cover_pylib=True argument to the coverage() constructor.
-
-- Source annotation into a directory (-a -d) behaves differently. The
- annotated files are named with their hierarchy flattened so that same-named
- files from different directories no longer collide. Also, only files in the
- current tree are included.
-
-- coverage.annotate_file is no longer available.
-
-- Programs executed with -x now behave more as they should, for example,
- __file__ has the correct value.
-
-- .coverage data files have a new pickle-based format designed for better
- extensibility.
-
-- Removed the undocumented cache_file argument to coverage.usecache().
-
-
-Version 3.0b1, 7 March 2009
----------------------------
-
-Major overhaul.
-
-- Coverage is now a package rather than a module. Functionality has been split
- into classes.
-
-- The trace function is implemented in C for speed. Coverage runs are now
- much faster. Thanks to David Christian for productive micro-sprints and
- other encouragement.
-
-- Executable lines are identified by reading the line number tables in the
- compiled code, removing a great deal of complicated analysis code.
-
-- Precisely which lines are considered executable has changed in some cases.
- Therefore, your coverage stats may also change slightly.
-
-- The singleton coverage object is only created if the module-level functions
- are used. This maintains the old interface while allowing better
- programmatic use of Coverage.
-
-- The minimum supported Python version is 2.3.
-
-
-Version 2.85, 14 September 2008
--------------------------------
-
-- Add support for finding source files in eggs. Don't check for
- morf's being instances of ModuleType, instead use duck typing so that
- pseudo-modules can participate. Thanks, Imri Goldberg.
-
-- Use os.realpath as part of the fixing of file names so that symlinks won't
- confuse things. Thanks, Patrick Mezard.
-
-
-Version 2.80, 25 May 2008
--------------------------
-
-- Open files in rU mode to avoid line ending craziness. Thanks, Edward Loper.
-
-
-Version 2.78, 30 September 2007
--------------------------------
-
-- Don't try to predict whether a file is Python source based on the extension.
- Extension-less files are often Pythons scripts. Instead, simply parse the file
- and catch the syntax errors. Hat tip to Ben Finney.
-
-
-Version 2.77, 29 July 2007
---------------------------
-
-- Better packaging.
-
-
-Version 2.76, 23 July 2007
---------------------------
-
-- Now Python 2.5 is *really* fully supported: the body of the new with
- statement is counted as executable.
-
-
-Version 2.75, 22 July 2007
---------------------------
-
-- Python 2.5 now fully supported. The method of dealing with multi-line
- statements is now less sensitive to the exact line that Python reports during
- execution. Pass statements are handled specially so that their disappearance
- during execution won't throw off the measurement.
-
-
-Version 2.7, 21 July 2007
--------------------------
-
-- "#pragma: nocover" is excluded by default.
-
-- Properly ignore docstrings and other constant expressions that appear in the
- middle of a function, a problem reported by Tim Leslie.
-
-- coverage.erase() shouldn't clobber the exclude regex. Change how parallel
- mode is invoked, and fix erase() so that it erases the cache when called
- programmatically.
-
-- In reports, ignore code executed from strings, since we can't do anything
- useful with it anyway.
-
-- Better file handling on Linux, thanks Guillaume Chazarain.
-
-- Better shell support on Windows, thanks Noel O'Boyle.
-
-- Python 2.2 support maintained, thanks Catherine Proulx.
-
-- Minor changes to avoid lint warnings.
-
-
-Version 2.6, 23 August 2006
----------------------------
-
-- Applied Joseph Tate's patch for function decorators.
-
-- Applied Sigve Tjora and Mark van der Wal's fixes for argument handling.
-
-- Applied Geoff Bache's parallel mode patch.
-
-- Refactorings to improve testability. Fixes to command-line logic for parallel
- mode and collect.
-
-
-Version 2.5, 4 December 2005
-----------------------------
-
-- Call threading.settrace so that all threads are measured. Thanks Martin
- Fuzzey.
-
-- Add a file argument to report so that reports can be captured to a different
- destination.
-
-- coverage.py can now measure itself.
-
-- Adapted Greg Rogers' patch for using relative file names, and sorting and
- omitting files to report on.
-
-
-Version 2.2, 31 December 2004
------------------------------
-
-- Allow for keyword arguments in the module global functions. Thanks, Allen.
-
-
-Version 2.1, 14 December 2004
------------------------------
-
-- Return 'analysis' to its original behavior and add 'analysis2'. Add a global
- for 'annotate', and factor it, adding 'annotate_file'.
-
-
-Version 2.0, 12 December 2004
------------------------------
-
-Significant code changes.
-
-- Finding executable statements has been rewritten so that docstrings and
- other quirks of Python execution aren't mistakenly identified as missing
- lines.
-
-- Lines can be excluded from consideration, even entire suites of lines.
-
-- The file system cache of covered lines can be disabled programmatically.
-
-- Modernized the code.
-
-
-Earlier History
----------------
-
-2001-12-04 GDR Created.
-
-2001-12-06 GDR Added command-line interface and source code annotation.
-
-2001-12-09 GDR Moved design and interface to separate documents.
-
-2001-12-10 GDR Open cache file as binary on Windows. Allow simultaneous -e and
--x, or -a and -r.
-
-2001-12-12 GDR Added command-line help. Cache analysis so that it only needs to
-be done once when you specify -a and -r.
-
-2001-12-13 GDR Improved speed while recording. Portable between Python 1.5.2
-and 2.1.1.
-
-2002-01-03 GDR Module-level functions work correctly.
-
-2002-01-07 GDR Update sys.path when running a file with the -x option, so that
-it matches the value the program would get if it were run on its own.
+------------------------------
+Change history for Coverage.py
+------------------------------
+
+3.7.1 -- 13 December 2013
+-------------------------
+
+- Improved the speed of HTML report generation by about 20%.
+
+- Fixed the mechanism for finding OS-installed static files for the HTML report
+ so that it will actually find OS-installed static files.
+
+
+3.7 --- 6 October 2013
+----------------------
+
+- Added the ``--debug`` switch to ``coverage run``. It accepts a list of
+ options indicating the type of internal activity to log to stderr.
+
+- Improved the branch coverage facility, fixing `issue 92`_ and `issue 175`_.
+
+- Running code with ``coverage run -m`` now behaves more like Python does,
+ setting sys.path properly, which fixes `issue 207`_ and `issue 242`_.
+
+- Coverage can now run .pyc files directly, closing `issue 264`_.
+
+- Coverage properly supports .pyw files, fixing `issue 261`_.
+
+- Omitting files within a tree specified with the ``source`` option would
+ cause them to be incorrectly marked as unexecuted, as described in
+ `issue 218`_. This is now fixed.
+
+- When specifying paths to alias together during data combining, you can now
+ specify relative paths, fixing `issue 267`_.
+
+- Most file paths can now be specified with username expansion (``~/src``, or
+ ``~build/src``, for example), and with environment variable expansion
+ (``build/$BUILDNUM/src``).
+
+- Trying to create an XML report with no files to report on, would cause a
+ ZeroDivideError, but no longer does, fixing `issue 250`_.
+
+- When running a threaded program under the Python tracer, coverage no longer
+ issues a spurious warning about the trace function changing: "Trace function
+ changed, measurement is likely wrong: None." This fixes `issue 164`_.
+
+- Static files necessary for HTML reports are found in system-installed places,
+ to ease OS-level packaging of coverage.py. Closes `issue 259`_.
+
+- Source files with encoding declarations, but a blank first line, were not
+ decoded properly. Now they are. Thanks, Roger Hu.
+
+- The source kit now includes the ``__main__.py`` file in the root coverage
+ directory, fixing `issue 255`_.
+
+.. _issue 92: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/92/finally-clauses-arent-treated-properly-in
+.. _issue 164: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/164/trace-function-changed-warning-when-using
+.. _issue 175: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/175/branch-coverage-gets-confused-in-certain
+.. _issue 207: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/207/run-m-cannot-find-module-or-package-in
+.. _issue 242: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/242/running-a-two-level-package-doesnt-work
+.. _issue 218: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/218/run-command-does-not-respect-the-omit-flag
+.. _issue 250: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/250/uncaught-zerodivisionerror-when-generating
+.. _issue 255: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/255/directory-level-__main__py-not-included-in
+.. _issue 259: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/259/allow-use-of-system-installed-third-party
+.. _issue 261: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/261/pyw-files-arent-reported-properly
+.. _issue 264: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/264/coverage-wont-run-pyc-files
+.. _issue 267: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/267/relative-path-aliases-dont-work
+
+
+Version 3.6 --- 5 January 2013
+------------------------------
+
+- Added a page to the docs about troublesome situations, closing `issue 226`_,
+ and added some info to the TODO file, closing `issue 227`_.
+
+.. _issue 226: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/226/make-readme-section-to-describe-when
+.. _issue 227: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/227/update-todo
+
+
+Version 3.6b3 --- 29 December 2012
+----------------------------------
+
+- Beta 2 broke the nose plugin. It's fixed again, closing `issue 224`_.
+
+.. _issue 224: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/224/36b2-breaks-nosexcover
+
+
+Version 3.6b2 --- 23 December 2012
+----------------------------------
+
+- Coverage.py runs on Python 2.3 and 2.4 again. It was broken in 3.6b1.
+
+- The C extension is optionally compiled using a different more widely-used
+ technique, taking another stab at fixing `issue 80`_ once and for all.
+
+- Combining data files would create entries for phantom files if used with
+ ``source`` and path aliases. It no longer does.
+
+- ``debug sys`` now shows the configuration file path that was read.
+
+- If an oddly-behaved package claims that code came from an empty-string
+ filename, coverage.py no longer associates it with the directory name,
+ fixing `issue 221`_.
+
+.. _issue 80: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/80/is-there-a-duck-typing-way-to-know-we-cant
+.. _issue 221: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/221/coveragepy-incompatible-with-pyratemp
+
+
+Version 3.6b1 --- 28 November 2012
+----------------------------------
+
+- Wildcards in ``include=`` and ``omit=`` arguments were not handled properly
+ in reporting functions, though they were when running. Now they are handled
+ uniformly, closing `issue 143`_ and `issue 163`_. **NOTE**: it is possible
+ that your configurations may now be incorrect. If you use ``include`` or
+ ``omit`` during reporting, whether on the command line, through the API, or
+ in a configuration file, please check carefully that you were not relying on
+ the old broken behavior.
+
+- The **report**, **html**, and **xml** commands now accept a ``--fail-under``
+ switch that indicates in the exit status whether the coverage percentage was
+ less than a particular value. Closes `issue 139`_.
+
+- The reporting functions coverage.report(), coverage.html_report(), and
+ coverage.xml_report() now all return a float, the total percentage covered
+ measurement.
+
+- The HTML report's title can now be set in the configuration file, with the
+ ``--title`` switch on the command line, or via the API.
+
+- Configuration files now support substitution of environment variables, using
+ syntax like ``${WORD}``. Closes `issue 97`_.
+
+- Embarrassingly, the `[xml] output=` setting in the .coveragerc file simply
+ didn't work. Now it does.
+
+- The XML report now consistently uses filenames for the filename attribute,
+ rather than sometimes using module names. Fixes `issue 67`_.
+ Thanks, Marcus Cobden.
+
+- Coverage percentage metrics are now computed slightly differently under
+ branch coverage. This means that completely unexecuted files will now
+ correctly have 0% coverage, fixing `issue 156`_. This also means that your
+ total coverage numbers will generally now be lower if you are measuring
+ branch coverage.
+
+- When installing, now in addition to creating a "coverage" command, two new
+ aliases are also installed. A "coverage2" or "coverage3" command will be
+ created, depending on whether you are installing in Python 2.x or 3.x.
+ A "coverage-X.Y" command will also be created corresponding to your specific
+ version of Python. Closes `issue 111`_.
+
+- The coverage.py installer no longer tries to bootstrap setuptools or
+ Distribute. You must have one of them installed first, as `issue 202`_
+ recommended.
+
+- The coverage.py kit now includes docs (closing `issue 137`_) and tests.
+
+- On Windows, files are now reported in their correct case, fixing `issue 89`_
+ and `issue 203`_.
+
+- If a file is missing during reporting, the path shown in the error message
+ is now correct, rather than an incorrect path in the current directory.
+ Fixes `issue 60`_.
+
+- Running an HTML report in Python 3 in the same directory as an old Python 2
+ HTML report would fail with a UnicodeDecodeError. This issue (`issue 193`_)
+ is now fixed.
+
+- Fixed yet another error trying to parse non-Python files as Python, this
+ time an IndentationError, closing `issue 82`_ for the fourth time...
+
+- If `coverage xml` fails because there is no data to report, it used to
+ create a zero-length XML file. Now it doesn't, fixing `issue 210`_.
+
+- Jython files now work with the ``--source`` option, fixing `issue 100`_.
+
+- Running coverage under a debugger is unlikely to work, but it shouldn't fail
+ with "TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not iterable". Fixes `issue 201`_.
+
+- On some Linux distributions, when installed with the OS package manager,
+ coverage.py would report its own code as part of the results. Now it won't,
+ fixing `issue 214`_, though this will take some time to be repackaged by the
+ operating systems.
+
+- Docstrings for the legacy singleton methods are more helpful. Thanks Marius
+ Gedminas. Closes `issue 205`_.
+
+- The pydoc tool can now show docmentation for the class `coverage.coverage`.
+ Closes `issue 206`_.
+
+- Added a page to the docs about contributing to coverage.py, closing
+ `issue 171`_.
+
+- When coverage.py ended unsuccessfully, it may have reported odd errors like
+ ``'NoneType' object has no attribute 'isabs'``. It no longer does,
+ so kiss `issue 153`_ goodbye.
+
+.. _issue 60: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/60/incorrect-path-to-orphaned-pyc-files
+.. _issue 67: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/67/xml-report-filenames-may-be-generated
+.. _issue 82: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/82/tokenerror-when-generating-html-report
+.. _issue 89: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/89/on-windows-all-packages-are-reported-in
+.. _issue 97: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/97/allow-environment-variables-to-be
+.. _issue 100: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/100/source-directive-doesnt-work-for-packages
+.. _issue 111: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/111/when-installing-coverage-with-pip-not
+.. _issue 137: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/137/provide-docs-with-source-distribution
+.. _issue 139: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/139/easy-check-for-a-certain-coverage-in-tests
+.. _issue 143: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/143/omit-doesnt-seem-to-work-in-coverage
+.. _issue 153: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/153/non-existent-filename-triggers
+.. _issue 156: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/156/a-completely-unexecuted-file-shows-14
+.. _issue 163: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/163/problem-with-include-and-omit-filename
+.. _issue 171: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/171/how-to-contribute-and-run-tests
+.. _issue 193: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/193/unicodedecodeerror-on-htmlpy
+.. _issue 201: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/201/coverage-using-django-14-with-pydb-on
+.. _issue 202: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/202/get-rid-of-ez_setuppy-and
+.. _issue 203: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/203/duplicate-filenames-reported-when-filename
+.. _issue 205: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/205/make-pydoc-coverage-more-friendly
+.. _issue 206: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/206/pydoc-coveragecoverage-fails-with-an-error
+.. _issue 210: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/210/if-theres-no-coverage-data-coverage-xml
+.. _issue 214: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/214/coveragepy-measures-itself-on-precise
+
+
+Version 3.5.3 --- 29 September 2012
+-----------------------------------
+
+- Line numbers in the HTML report line up better with the source lines, fixing
+ `issue 197`_, thanks Marius Gedminas.
+
+- When specifying a directory as the source= option, the directory itself no
+ longer needs to have a ``__init__.py`` file, though its subdirectories do, to
+ be considered as source files.
+
+- Files encoded as UTF-8 with a BOM are now properly handled, fixing
+ `issue 179`_. Thanks, Pablo Carballo.
+
+- Fixed more cases of non-Python files being reported as Python source, and
+ then not being able to parse them as Python. Closes `issue 82`_ (again).
+ Thanks, Julian Berman.
+
+- Fixed memory leaks under Python 3, thanks, Brett Cannon. Closes `issue 147`_.
+
+- Optimized .pyo files may not have been handled correctly, `issue 195`_.
+ Thanks, Marius Gedminas.
+
+- Certain unusually named file paths could have been mangled during reporting,
+ `issue 194`_. Thanks, Marius Gedminas.
+
+- Try to do a better job of the impossible task of detecting when we can't
+ build the C extension, fixing `issue 183`_.
+
+- Testing is now done with `tox`_, thanks, Marc Abramowitz.
+
+.. _issue 82: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/82/tokenerror-when-generating-html-report
+.. _issue 147: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/147/massive-memory-usage-by-ctracer
+.. _issue 179: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/179/htmlreporter-fails-when-source-file-is
+.. _issue 183: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/183/install-fails-for-python-23
+.. _issue 194: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/194/filelocatorrelative_filename-could-mangle
+.. _issue 195: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/195/pyo-file-handling-in-codeunit
+.. _issue 197: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/197/line-numbers-in-html-report-do-not-align
+.. _tox: http://tox.readthedocs.org/
+
+
+
+Version 3.5.2 --- 4 May 2012
+----------------------------
+
+No changes since 3.5.2.b1
+
+
+Version 3.5.2b1 --- 29 April 2012
+---------------------------------
+
+- The HTML report has slightly tweaked controls: the buttons at the top of
+ the page are color-coded to the source lines they affect.
+
+- Custom CSS can be applied to the HTML report by specifying a CSS file as
+ the extra_css configuration value in the [html] section.
+
+- Source files with custom encodings declared in a comment at the top are now
+ properly handled during reporting on Python 2. Python 3 always handled them
+ properly. This fixes `issue 157`_.
+
+- Backup files left behind by editors are no longer collected by the source=
+ option, fixing `issue 168`_.
+
+- If a file doesn't parse properly as Python, we don't report it as an error
+ if the filename seems like maybe it wasn't meant to be Python. This is a
+ pragmatic fix for `issue 82`_.
+
+- The ``-m`` switch on ``coverage report``, which includes missing line numbers
+ in the summary report, can now be specifed as ``show_missing`` in the
+ config file. Closes `issue 173`_.
+
+- When running a module with ``coverage run -m <modulename>``, certain details
+ of the execution environment weren't the same as for
+ ``python -m <modulename>``. This had the unfortunate side-effect of making
+ ``coverage run -m unittest discover`` not work if you had tests in a
+ directory named "test". This fixes `issue 155`_ and `issue 142`_.
+
+- Now the exit status of your product code is properly used as the process
+ status when running ``python -m coverage run ...``. Thanks, JT Olds.
+
+- When installing into pypy, we no longer attempt (and fail) to compile
+ the C tracer function, closing `issue 166`_.
+
+.. _issue 82: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/82/tokenerror-when-generating-html-report
+.. _issue 142: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/142/executing-python-file-syspath-is-replaced
+.. _issue 155: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/155/cant-use-coverage-run-m-unittest-discover
+.. _issue 157: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/157/chokes-on-source-files-with-non-utf-8
+.. _issue 166: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/166/dont-try-to-compile-c-extension-on-pypy
+.. _issue 168: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/168/dont-be-alarmed-by-emacs-droppings
+.. _issue 173: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/173/theres-no-way-to-specify-show-missing-in
+
+
+Version 3.5.1 --- 23 September 2011
+-----------------------------------
+
+- The ``[paths]`` feature unfortunately didn't work in real world situations
+ where you wanted to, you know, report on the combined data. Now all paths
+ stored in the combined file are canonicalized properly.
+
+
+Version 3.5.1b1 --- 28 August 2011
+----------------------------------
+
+- When combining data files from parallel runs, you can now instruct coverage
+ about which directories are equivalent on different machines. A ``[paths]``
+ section in the configuration file lists paths that are to be considered
+ equivalent. Finishes `issue 17`_.
+
+- for-else constructs are understood better, and don't cause erroneous partial
+ branch warnings. Fixes `issue 122`_.
+
+- Branch coverage for ``with`` statements is improved, fixing `issue 128`_.
+
+- The number of partial branches reported on the HTML summary page was
+ different than the number reported on the individual file pages. This is
+ now fixed.
+
+- An explicit include directive to measure files in the Python installation
+ wouldn't work because of the standard library exclusion. Now the include
+ directive takes precendence, and the files will be measured. Fixes
+ `issue 138`_.
+
+- The HTML report now handles Unicode characters in Python source files
+ properly. This fixes `issue 124`_ and `issue 144`_. Thanks, Devin
+ Jeanpierre.
+
+- In order to help the core developers measure the test coverage of the
+ standard library, Brandon Rhodes devised an aggressive hack to trick Python
+ into running some coverage code before anything else in the process.
+ See the coverage/fullcoverage directory if you are interested.
+
+.. _issue 17: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/17/support-combining-coverage-data-from
+.. _issue 122: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/122/for-else-always-reports-missing-branch
+.. _issue 124: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/124/no-arbitrary-unicode-in-html-reports-in
+.. _issue 128: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/128/branch-coverage-of-with-statement-in-27
+.. _issue 138: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/138/include-should-take-precedence-over-is
+.. _issue 144: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/144/failure-generating-html-output-for
+
+
+Version 3.5 --- 29 June 2011
+----------------------------
+
+- The HTML report hotkeys now behave slightly differently when the current
+ chunk isn't visible at all: a chunk on the screen will be selected,
+ instead of the old behavior of jumping to the literal next chunk.
+ The hotkeys now work in Google Chrome. Thanks, Guido van Rossum.
+
+
+Version 3.5b1 --- 5 June 2011
+-----------------------------
+
+- The HTML report now has hotkeys. Try ``n``, ``s``, ``m``, ``x``, ``b``,
+ ``p``, and ``c`` on the overview page to change the column sorting.
+ On a file page, ``r``, ``m``, ``x``, and ``p`` toggle the run, missing,
+ excluded, and partial line markings. You can navigate the highlighted
+ sections of code by using the ``j`` and ``k`` keys for next and previous.
+ The ``1`` (one) key jumps to the first highlighted section in the file,
+ and ``0`` (zero) scrolls to the top of the file.
+
+- The ``--omit`` and ``--include`` switches now interpret their values more
+ usefully. If the value starts with a wildcard character, it is used as-is.
+ If it does not, it is interpreted relative to the current directory.
+ Closes `issue 121`_.
+
+- Partial branch warnings can now be pragma'd away. The configuration option
+ ``partial_branches`` is a list of regular expressions. Lines matching any of
+ those expressions will never be marked as a partial branch. In addition,
+ there's a built-in list of regular expressions marking statements which should
+ never be marked as partial. This list includes ``while True:``, ``while 1:``,
+ ``if 1:``, and ``if 0:``.
+
+- The ``coverage()`` constructor accepts single strings for the ``omit=`` and
+ ``include=`` arguments, adapting to a common error in programmatic use.
+
+- Modules can now be run directly using ``coverage run -m modulename``, to
+ mirror Python's ``-m`` flag. Closes `issue 95`_, thanks, Brandon Rhodes.
+
+- ``coverage run`` didn't emulate Python accurately in one small detail: the
+ current directory inserted into ``sys.path`` was relative rather than
+ absolute. This is now fixed.
+
+- HTML reporting is now incremental: a record is kept of the data that
+ produced the HTML reports, and only files whose data has changed will
+ be generated. This should make most HTML reporting faster.
+
+- Pathological code execution could disable the trace function behind our
+ backs, leading to incorrect code measurement. Now if this happens,
+ coverage.py will issue a warning, at least alerting you to the problem.
+ Closes `issue 93`_. Thanks to Marius Gedminas for the idea.
+
+- The C-based trace function now behaves properly when saved and restored
+ with ``sys.gettrace()`` and ``sys.settrace()``. This fixes `issue 125`_
+ and `issue 123`_. Thanks, Devin Jeanpierre.
+
+- Source files are now opened with Python 3.2's ``tokenize.open()`` where
+ possible, to get the best handling of Python source files with encodings.
+ Closes `issue 107`_, thanks, Brett Cannon.
+
+- Syntax errors in supposed Python files can now be ignored during reporting
+ with the ``-i`` switch just like other source errors. Closes `issue 115`_.
+
+- Installation from source now succeeds on machines without a C compiler,
+ closing `issue 80`_.
+
+- Coverage.py can now be run directly from a working tree by specifying
+ the directory name to python: ``python coverage_py_working_dir run ...``.
+ Thanks, Brett Cannon.
+
+- A little bit of Jython support: `coverage run` can now measure Jython
+ execution by adapting when $py.class files are traced. Thanks, Adi Roiban.
+ Jython still doesn't provide the Python libraries needed to make
+ coverage reporting work, unfortunately.
+
+- Internally, files are now closed explicitly, fixing `issue 104`_. Thanks,
+ Brett Cannon.
+
+.. _issue 80: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/80/is-there-a-duck-typing-way-to-know-we-cant
+.. _issue 93: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/93/copying-a-mock-object-breaks-coverage
+.. _issue 95: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/95/run-subcommand-should-take-a-module-name
+.. _issue 104: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/104/explicitly-close-files
+.. _issue 107: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/107/codeparser-not-opening-source-files-with
+.. _issue 115: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/115/fail-gracefully-when-reporting-on-file
+.. _issue 121: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/121/filename-patterns-are-applied-stupidly
+.. _issue 123: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/123/pyeval_settrace-used-in-way-that-breaks
+.. _issue 125: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/125/coverage-removes-decoratortoolss-tracing
+
+
+Version 3.4 --- 19 September 2010
+---------------------------------
+
+- The XML report is now sorted by package name, fixing `issue 88`_.
+
+- Programs that exited with ``sys.exit()`` with no argument weren't handled
+ properly, producing a coverage.py stack trace. That is now fixed.
+
+.. _issue 88: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/88/xml-report-lists-packages-in-random-order
+
+
+Version 3.4b2 --- 6 September 2010
+----------------------------------
+
+- Completely unexecuted files can now be included in coverage results, reported
+ as 0% covered. This only happens if the --source option is specified, since
+ coverage.py needs guidance about where to look for source files.
+
+- The XML report output now properly includes a percentage for branch coverage,
+ fixing `issue 65`_ and `issue 81`_.
+
+- Coverage percentages are now displayed uniformly across reporting methods.
+ Previously, different reports could round percentages differently. Also,
+ percentages are only reported as 0% or 100% if they are truly 0 or 100, and
+ are rounded otherwise. Fixes `issue 41`_ and `issue 70`_.
+
+- The precision of reported coverage percentages can be set with the
+ ``[report] precision`` config file setting. Completes `issue 16`_.
+
+- Threads derived from ``threading.Thread`` with an overridden `run` method
+ would report no coverage for the `run` method. This is now fixed, closing
+ `issue 85`_.
+
+.. _issue 16: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/16/allow-configuration-of-accuracy-of-percentage-totals
+.. _issue 41: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/41/report-says-100-when-it-isnt-quite-there
+.. _issue 65: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/65/branch-option-not-reported-in-cobertura
+.. _issue 70: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/70/text-report-and-html-report-disagree-on-coverage
+.. _issue 81: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/81/xml-report-does-not-have-condition-coverage-attribute-for-lines-with-a
+.. _issue 85: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/85/threadrun-isnt-measured
+
+
+Version 3.4b1 --- 21 August 2010
+--------------------------------
+
+- BACKWARD INCOMPATIBILITY: the ``--omit`` and ``--include`` switches now take
+ file patterns rather than file prefixes, closing `issue 34`_ and `issue 36`_.
+
+- BACKWARD INCOMPATIBILITY: the `omit_prefixes` argument is gone throughout
+ coverage.py, replaced with `omit`, a list of filename patterns suitable for
+ `fnmatch`. A parallel argument `include` controls what files are included.
+
+- The run command now has a ``--source`` switch, a list of directories or
+ module names. If provided, coverage.py will only measure execution in those
+ source files.
+
+- Various warnings are printed to stderr for problems encountered during data
+ measurement: if a ``--source`` module has no Python source to measure, or is
+ never encountered at all, or if no data is collected.
+
+- The reporting commands (report, annotate, html, and xml) now have an
+ ``--include`` switch to restrict reporting to modules matching those file
+ patterns, similar to the existing ``--omit`` switch. Thanks, Zooko.
+
+- The run command now supports ``--include`` and ``--omit`` to control what
+ modules it measures. This can speed execution and reduce the amount of data
+ during reporting. Thanks Zooko.
+
+- Since coverage.py 3.1, using the Python trace function has been slower than
+ it needs to be. A cache of tracing decisions was broken, but has now been
+ fixed.
+
+- Python 2.7 and 3.2 have introduced new opcodes that are now supported.
+
+- Python files with no statements, for example, empty ``__init__.py`` files,
+ are now reported as having zero statements instead of one. Fixes `issue 1`_.
+
+- Reports now have a column of missed line counts rather than executed line
+ counts, since developers should focus on reducing the missed lines to zero,
+ rather than increasing the executed lines to varying targets. Once
+ suggested, this seemed blindingly obvious.
+
+- Line numbers in HTML source pages are clickable, linking directly to that
+ line, which is highlighted on arrival. Added a link back to the index page
+ at the bottom of each HTML page.
+
+- Programs that call ``os.fork`` will properly collect data from both the child
+ and parent processes. Use ``coverage run -p`` to get two data files that can
+ be combined with ``coverage combine``. Fixes `issue 56`_.
+
+- Coverage is now runnable as a module: ``python -m coverage``. Thanks,
+ Brett Cannon.
+
+- When measuring code running in a virtualenv, most of the system library was
+ being measured when it shouldn't have been. This is now fixed.
+
+- Doctest text files are no longer recorded in the coverage data, since they
+ can't be reported anyway. Fixes `issue 52`_ and `issue 61`_.
+
+- Jinja HTML templates compile into Python code using the HTML filename,
+ which confused coverage.py. Now these files are no longer traced, fixing
+ `issue 82`_.
+
+- Source files can have more than one dot in them (foo.test.py), and will be
+ treated properly while reporting. Fixes `issue 46`_.
+
+- Source files with DOS line endings are now properly tokenized for syntax
+ coloring on non-DOS machines. Fixes `issue 53`_.
+
+- Unusual code structure that confused exits from methods with exits from
+ classes is now properly analyzed. See `issue 62`_.
+
+- Asking for an HTML report with no files now shows a nice error message rather
+ than a cryptic failure ('int' object is unsubscriptable). Fixes `issue 59`_.
+
+.. _issue 1: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/1/empty-__init__py-files-are-reported-as-1-executable
+.. _issue 34: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/34/enhanced-omit-globbing-handling
+.. _issue 36: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/36/provide-regex-style-omit
+.. _issue 46: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/46
+.. _issue 53: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/53
+.. _issue 52: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/52/doctesttestfile-confuses-source-detection
+.. _issue 56: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/56
+.. _issue 61: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/61/annotate-i-doesnt-work
+.. _issue 62: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/62
+.. _issue 59: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/59/html-report-fails-with-int-object-is
+.. _issue 82: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/82/tokenerror-when-generating-html-report
+
+
+Version 3.3.1 --- 6 March 2010
+------------------------------
+
+- Using `parallel=True` in .coveragerc file prevented reporting, but now does
+ not, fixing `issue 49`_.
+
+- When running your code with "coverage run", if you call `sys.exit()`,
+ coverage.py will exit with that status code, fixing `issue 50`_.
+
+.. _issue 49: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/49
+.. _issue 50: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/50
+
+
+Version 3.3 --- 24 February 2010
+--------------------------------
+
+- Settings are now read from a .coveragerc file. A specific file can be
+ specified on the command line with --rcfile=FILE. The name of the file can
+ be programmatically set with the `config_file` argument to the coverage()
+ constructor, or reading a config file can be disabled with
+ `config_file=False`.
+
+- Fixed a problem with nested loops having their branch possibilities
+ mischaracterized: `issue 39`_.
+
+- Added coverage.process_start to enable coverage measurement when Python
+ starts.
+
+- Parallel data file names now have a random number appended to them in
+ addition to the machine name and process id.
+
+- Parallel data files combined with "coverage combine" are deleted after
+ they're combined, to clean up unneeded files. Fixes `issue 40`_.
+
+- Exceptions thrown from product code run with "coverage run" are now displayed
+ without internal coverage.py frames, so the output is the same as when the
+ code is run without coverage.py.
+
+- The `data_suffix` argument to the coverage constructor is now appended with
+ an added dot rather than simply appended, so that .coveragerc files will not
+ be confused for data files.
+
+- Python source files that don't end with a newline can now be executed, fixing
+ `issue 47`_.
+
+- Added an AUTHORS.txt file.
+
+.. _issue 39: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/39
+.. _issue 40: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/40
+.. _issue 47: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/47
+
+
+Version 3.2 --- 5 December 2009
+-------------------------------
+
+- Added a ``--version`` option on the command line.
+
+
+Version 3.2b4 --- 1 December 2009
+---------------------------------
+
+- Branch coverage improvements:
+
+ - The XML report now includes branch information.
+
+- Click-to-sort HTML report columns are now persisted in a cookie. Viewing
+ a report will sort it first the way you last had a coverage report sorted.
+ Thanks, `Chris Adams`_.
+
+- On Python 3.x, setuptools has been replaced by `Distribute`_.
+
+.. _Distribute: http://packages.python.org/distribute/
+
+
+Version 3.2b3 --- 23 November 2009
+----------------------------------
+
+- Fixed a memory leak in the C tracer that was introduced in 3.2b1.
+
+- Branch coverage improvements:
+
+ - Branches to excluded code are ignored.
+
+- The table of contents in the HTML report is now sortable: click the headers
+ on any column. Thanks, `Chris Adams`_.
+
+.. _Chris Adams: http://improbable.org/chris/
+
+
+Version 3.2b2 --- 19 November 2009
+----------------------------------
+
+- Branch coverage improvements:
+
+ - Classes are no longer incorrectly marked as branches: `issue 32`_.
+
+ - "except" clauses with types are no longer incorrectly marked as branches:
+ `issue 35`_.
+
+- Fixed some problems syntax coloring sources with line continuations and
+ source with tabs: `issue 30`_ and `issue 31`_.
+
+- The --omit option now works much better than before, fixing `issue 14`_ and
+ `issue 33`_. Thanks, Danek Duvall.
+
+.. _issue 14: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/14
+.. _issue 30: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/30
+.. _issue 31: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/31
+.. _issue 32: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/32
+.. _issue 33: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/33
+.. _issue 35: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/35
+
+
+Version 3.2b1 --- 10 November 2009
+----------------------------------
+
+- Branch coverage!
+
+- XML reporting has file paths that let Cobertura find the source code.
+
+- The tracer code has changed, it's a few percent faster.
+
+- Some exceptions reported by the command line interface have been cleaned up
+ so that tracebacks inside coverage.py aren't shown. Fixes `issue 23`_.
+
+.. _issue 23: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/23
+
+
+Version 3.1 --- 4 October 2009
+------------------------------
+
+- Source code can now be read from eggs. Thanks, Ross Lawley. Fixes
+ `issue 25`_.
+
+.. _issue 25: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/25
+
+
+Version 3.1b1 --- 27 September 2009
+-----------------------------------
+
+- Python 3.1 is now supported.
+
+- Coverage.py has a new command line syntax with sub-commands. This expands
+ the possibilities for adding features and options in the future. The old
+ syntax is still supported. Try "coverage help" to see the new commands.
+ Thanks to Ben Finney for early help.
+
+- Added an experimental "coverage xml" command for producing coverage reports
+ in a Cobertura-compatible XML format. Thanks, Bill Hart.
+
+- Added the --timid option to enable a simpler slower trace function that works
+ for DecoratorTools projects, including TurboGears. Fixed `issue 12`_ and
+ `issue 13`_.
+
+- HTML reports show modules from other directories. Fixed `issue 11`_.
+
+- HTML reports now display syntax-colored Python source.
+
+- Programs that change directory will still write .coverage files in the
+ directory where execution started. Fixed `issue 24`_.
+
+- Added a "coverage debug" command for getting diagnostic information about the
+ coverage.py installation.
+
+.. _issue 11: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/11
+.. _issue 12: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/12
+.. _issue 13: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/13
+.. _issue 24: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/24
+
+
+Version 3.0.1 --- 7 July 2009
+-----------------------------
+
+- Removed the recursion limit in the tracer function. Previously, code that
+ ran more than 500 frames deep would crash. Fixed `issue 9`_.
+
+- Fixed a bizarre problem involving pyexpat, whereby lines following XML parser
+ invocations could be overlooked. Fixed `issue 10`_.
+
+- On Python 2.3, coverage.py could mis-measure code with exceptions being
+ raised. This is now fixed.
+
+- The coverage.py code itself will now not be measured by coverage.py, and no
+ coverage modules will be mentioned in the nose --with-cover plug-in. Fixed
+ `issue 8`_.
+
+- When running source files, coverage.py now opens them in universal newline
+ mode just like Python does. This lets it run Windows files on Mac, for
+ example.
+
+.. _issue 9: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/9
+.. _issue 10: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/10
+.. _issue 8: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/8
+
+
+Version 3.0 --- 13 June 2009
+----------------------------
+
+- Fixed the way the Python library was ignored. Too much code was being
+ excluded the old way.
+
+- Tabs are now properly converted in HTML reports. Previously indentation was
+ lost. Fixed `issue 6`_.
+
+- Nested modules now get a proper flat_rootname. Thanks, Christian Heimes.
+
+.. _issue 6: http://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/6
+
+
+Version 3.0b3 --- 16 May 2009
+-----------------------------
+
+- Added parameters to coverage.__init__ for options that had been set on the
+ coverage object itself.
+
+- Added clear_exclude() and get_exclude_list() methods for programmatic
+ manipulation of the exclude regexes.
+
+- Added coverage.load() to read previously-saved data from the data file.
+
+- Improved the finding of code files. For example, .pyc files that have been
+ installed after compiling are now located correctly. Thanks, Detlev
+ Offenbach.
+
+- When using the object API (that is, constructing a coverage() object), data
+ is no longer saved automatically on process exit. You can re-enable it with
+ the auto_data=True parameter on the coverage() constructor. The module-level
+ interface still uses automatic saving.
+
+
+Version 3.0b --- 30 April 2009
+------------------------------
+
+HTML reporting, and continued refactoring.
+
+- HTML reports and annotation of source files: use the new -b (browser) switch.
+ Thanks to George Song for code, inspiration and guidance.
+
+- Code in the Python standard library is not measured by default. If you need
+ to measure standard library code, use the -L command-line switch during
+ execution, or the cover_pylib=True argument to the coverage() constructor.
+
+- Source annotation into a directory (-a -d) behaves differently. The
+ annotated files are named with their hierarchy flattened so that same-named
+ files from different directories no longer collide. Also, only files in the
+ current tree are included.
+
+- coverage.annotate_file is no longer available.
+
+- Programs executed with -x now behave more as they should, for example,
+ __file__ has the correct value.
+
+- .coverage data files have a new pickle-based format designed for better
+ extensibility.
+
+- Removed the undocumented cache_file argument to coverage.usecache().
+
+
+Version 3.0b1 --- 7 March 2009
+------------------------------
+
+Major overhaul.
+
+- Coverage is now a package rather than a module. Functionality has been split
+ into classes.
+
+- The trace function is implemented in C for speed. Coverage runs are now
+ much faster. Thanks to David Christian for productive micro-sprints and
+ other encouragement.
+
+- Executable lines are identified by reading the line number tables in the
+ compiled code, removing a great deal of complicated analysis code.
+
+- Precisely which lines are considered executable has changed in some cases.
+ Therefore, your coverage stats may also change slightly.
+
+- The singleton coverage object is only created if the module-level functions
+ are used. This maintains the old interface while allowing better
+ programmatic use of Coverage.
+
+- The minimum supported Python version is 2.3.
+
+
+Version 2.85 --- 14 September 2008
+----------------------------------
+
+- Add support for finding source files in eggs. Don't check for
+ morf's being instances of ModuleType, instead use duck typing so that
+ pseudo-modules can participate. Thanks, Imri Goldberg.
+
+- Use os.realpath as part of the fixing of file names so that symlinks won't
+ confuse things. Thanks, Patrick Mezard.
+
+
+Version 2.80 --- 25 May 2008
+----------------------------
+
+- Open files in rU mode to avoid line ending craziness. Thanks, Edward Loper.
+
+
+Version 2.78 --- 30 September 2007
+----------------------------------
+
+- Don't try to predict whether a file is Python source based on the extension.
+ Extension-less files are often Pythons scripts. Instead, simply parse the file
+ and catch the syntax errors. Hat tip to Ben Finney.
+
+
+Version 2.77 --- 29 July 2007
+-----------------------------
+
+- Better packaging.
+
+
+Version 2.76 --- 23 July 2007
+-----------------------------
+
+- Now Python 2.5 is *really* fully supported: the body of the new with
+ statement is counted as executable.
+
+
+Version 2.75 --- 22 July 2007
+-----------------------------
+
+- Python 2.5 now fully supported. The method of dealing with multi-line
+ statements is now less sensitive to the exact line that Python reports during
+ execution. Pass statements are handled specially so that their disappearance
+ during execution won't throw off the measurement.
+
+
+Version 2.7 --- 21 July 2007
+----------------------------
+
+- "#pragma: nocover" is excluded by default.
+
+- Properly ignore docstrings and other constant expressions that appear in the
+ middle of a function, a problem reported by Tim Leslie.
+
+- coverage.erase() shouldn't clobber the exclude regex. Change how parallel
+ mode is invoked, and fix erase() so that it erases the cache when called
+ programmatically.
+
+- In reports, ignore code executed from strings, since we can't do anything
+ useful with it anyway.
+
+- Better file handling on Linux, thanks Guillaume Chazarain.
+
+- Better shell support on Windows, thanks Noel O'Boyle.
+
+- Python 2.2 support maintained, thanks Catherine Proulx.
+
+- Minor changes to avoid lint warnings.
+
+
+Version 2.6 --- 23 August 2006
+------------------------------
+
+- Applied Joseph Tate's patch for function decorators.
+
+- Applied Sigve Tjora and Mark van der Wal's fixes for argument handling.
+
+- Applied Geoff Bache's parallel mode patch.
+
+- Refactorings to improve testability. Fixes to command-line logic for parallel
+ mode and collect.
+
+
+Version 2.5 --- 4 December 2005
+-------------------------------
+
+- Call threading.settrace so that all threads are measured. Thanks Martin
+ Fuzzey.
+
+- Add a file argument to report so that reports can be captured to a different
+ destination.
+
+- coverage.py can now measure itself.
+
+- Adapted Greg Rogers' patch for using relative file names, and sorting and
+ omitting files to report on.
+
+
+Version 2.2 --- 31 December 2004
+--------------------------------
+
+- Allow for keyword arguments in the module global functions. Thanks, Allen.
+
+
+Version 2.1 --- 14 December 2004
+--------------------------------
+
+- Return 'analysis' to its original behavior and add 'analysis2'. Add a global
+ for 'annotate', and factor it, adding 'annotate_file'.
+
+
+Version 2.0 --- 12 December 2004
+--------------------------------
+
+Significant code changes.
+
+- Finding executable statements has been rewritten so that docstrings and
+ other quirks of Python execution aren't mistakenly identified as missing
+ lines.
+
+- Lines can be excluded from consideration, even entire suites of lines.
+
+- The file system cache of covered lines can be disabled programmatically.
+
+- Modernized the code.
+
+
+Earlier History
+---------------
+
+2001-12-04 GDR Created.
+
+2001-12-06 GDR Added command-line interface and source code annotation.
+
+2001-12-09 GDR Moved design and interface to separate documents.
+
+2001-12-10 GDR Open cache file as binary on Windows. Allow simultaneous -e and
+-x, or -a and -r.
+
+2001-12-12 GDR Added command-line help. Cache analysis so that it only needs to
+be done once when you specify -a and -r.
+
+2001-12-13 GDR Improved speed while recording. Portable between Python 1.5.2
+and 2.1.1.
+
+2002-01-03 GDR Module-level functions work correctly.
+
+2002-01-07 GDR Update sys.path when running a file with the -x option, so that
+it matches the value the program would get if it were run on its own.
