add skip_win32_py38 decorator, skip another test

IPython/testing/decorators.py

@@ -108,9 +108,9 b' def make_label_dec(label, ds=None):'
     >>> slow = make_label_dec('slow')
     >>> slow.__doc__
     "Labels a test as 'slow'."
-    
+
     And one that uses multiple labels and a custom docstring:
-    
+
     >>> rare = make_label_dec(['slow','hard'],
     ... "Mix labels 'slow' and 'hard' for rare tests.")
     >>> rare.__doc__
@@ -280,7 +280,7 b' def module_not_available(module):'
 
 def decorated_dummy(dec, name):
     """Return a dummy function decorated with dec, with the given name.
-    
+
     Examples
     --------
     import IPython.testing.decorators as dec
@@ -318,6 +318,11 b' _x11_skip_msg = "Skipped under *nix when X11/XOrg not available"'
 
 skip_if_no_x11 = skipif(_x11_skip_cond, _x11_skip_msg)
 
+
+# Decorators to skip certain tests on specific platform/python combinations
+skip_win32_py38 = skipif(sys.version_info > (3,8) and os.name == 'nt')
+
+
 # not a decorator itself, returns a dummy function to be used as setup
 def skip_file_no_x11(name):
     warnings.warn("The function `skip_file_no_x11` is deprecated since IPython 4.0",

IPython/utils/tests/test_path.py

@@ -21,11 +21,13 b' import IPython'
 from IPython import paths
 from IPython.testing import decorators as dec
 from IPython.testing.decorators import (skip_if_not_win32, skip_win32,
-                                        onlyif_unicode_paths,)
+                                        onlyif_unicode_paths, skipif,
+                                        skip_win32_py38,)
 from IPython.testing.tools import make_tempfile, AssertPrints
 from IPython.utils import path
 from IPython.utils.tempdir import TemporaryDirectory
 
+
 # Platform-dependent imports
 try:
     import winreg as wreg
@@ -128,7 +130,7 b' def test_get_home_dir_2():'
     nt.assert_equal(home_dir, unfrozen)
 
 
-@skipif(sys.version_info > (3,8) and os.name == 'nt')
+@skip_win32_py38
 @with_environment
 def test_get_home_dir_3():
     """get_home_dir() uses $HOME if set"""
@@ -146,6 +148,7 b' def test_get_home_dir_4():'
     # this should still succeed, but we don't care what the answer is
     home = path.get_home_dir(False)
 
+@skip_win32_py38
 @with_environment
 def test_get_home_dir_5():
     """raise HomeDirError if $HOME is specified, but not a writable dir"""