[Python-Dev] unittest's redundant assertions: asserts vs. failIf/Unlesses (original) (raw)

Greg Ewing greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Mon Jul 14 03:05:34 CEST 2008

Ben Finney wrote:

That's another reason to avoid "assert" in the name: these methods don't necessarily use the 'assert' statement. Avoiding the implication that they do use that is a good thing.

Perhaps some positive alternative such as "verify" could be used instead.

-- Greg

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