Use imported views to expose python 2.6 bug. Refs #943

2 files changed, 29 insertions, 23 deletions

diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/description.py b/rest_framework/tests/description.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b46d7f54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/description.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# -- coding: utf-8 --
+
+# Apparently there is a python 2.6 issue where docstrings of imported view classes
+# do not retain their encoding information even if a module has a proper
+# encoding declaration at the top of its source file. Therefore for tests
+# to catch unicode related errors, a mock view has to be declared in a separate
+# module.
+
+from rest_framework.views import APIView
+
+
+# test strings snatched from http://www.columbia.edu/~fdc/utf8/,
+# http://winrus.com/utf8-jap.htm and memory
+UTF8_TEST_DOCSTRING = (
+    'zażółć gęślą jaźń'
+    'Sîne klâwen durh die wolken sint geslagen'
+    'Τη γλώσσα μου έδωσαν ελληνική'
+    'யாமறிந்த மொழிகளிலே தமிழ்மொழி'
+    'На берегу пустынных волн'
+    'てすと'
+    'ｱｲｳｴｵｶｷｸｹｺｻｼｽｾｿﾀﾁﾂﾃ'
+)
+
+
+class ViewWithNonASCIICharactersInDocstring(APIView):
+    __doc__ = UTF8_TEST_DOCSTRING
diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/test_description.py b/rest_framework/tests/test_description.py
index ea4b2c3a..8019f5ec 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/test_description.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/test_description.py
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from django.test import TestCase
-from rest_framework.views import APIView
 from rest_framework.compat import apply_markdown, smart_text
+from rest_framework.views import APIView
+from rest_framework.tests.description import ViewWithNonASCIICharactersInDocstring
+from rest_framework.tests.description import UTF8_TEST_DOCSTRING
 from rest_framework.utils.formatting import get_view_name, get_view_description
 
 # We check that docstrings get nicely un-indented.
@@ -49,28 +51,6 @@ MARKED_DOWN_gte_21 = """<h2 id="an-example-docstring">an example docstring</h2>
 <h2 id="hash-style-header">hash style header</h2>"""
 
 
-# test strings snatched from http://www.columbia.edu/~fdc/utf8/,
-# http://winrus.com/utf8-jap.htm and memory
-UTF8_TEST_DOCSTRING = (
-    'zażółć gęślą jaźń'
-    'Sîne klâwen durh die wolken sint geslagen'
-    'Τη γλώσσα μου έδωσαν ελληνική'
-    'யாமறிந்த மொழிகளிலே தமிழ்மொழி'
-    'На берегу пустынных волн'
-    'てすと'
-    'ｱｲｳｴｵｶｷｸｹｺｻｼｽｾｿﾀﾁﾂﾃ'
-)
-
-
-# Apparently there is an issue where docstrings of imported view classes
-# do not retain their encoding information even if a module has a proper
-# encoding declaration at the top of its source file. Therefore for tests
-# to catch unicode related errors, a mock view has to be declared in a separate
-# module.
-class ViewWithNonASCIICharactersInDocstring(APIView):
-    __doc__ = UTF8_TEST_DOCSTRING
-
-
 class TestViewNamesAndDescriptions(TestCase):
     def test_view_name_uses_class_name(self):
         """