[Python-Dev] Proposed unittest changes (original) (raw)

Ben Finney bignose+hates-spam at benfinney.id.au
Mon Jul 14 15:41:19 CEST 2008

Steve Holden <steve at holdenweb.com> writes:

Ben Finney wrote: > and so on; i.e. that 'assertisnot' breaks the obvious pattern > set by the others, in the interest of matching Python's 'is not' > grammar.

Well, I'd have said "in the interest of reading correctly in English", though I have to acknowledge this may not be an issue for many Python users whose first language not is English. "assertnotis" is just dissonant to my ears.

I'd count this as another (minor) point in favour of making the 'fail*' methods canonical: the names are consistent and gramatically sensible:

fail_if_equal               fail_unless_equal
fail_if_is                  fail_unless_is
fail_if_in                  fail_unless_in
fail_if_almost_equal        fail_unless_almost_equal

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