[Python-Dev] PEP: Consolidating names and classes in the unittest module (updated 2008-07-15) (original) (raw)

Ben Finney ben+python at benfinney.id.au
Wed Jul 16 00:38:59 CEST 2008

Tres Seaver <tseaver at palladion.com> writes:

FWIW: Zope2: 16878 'assert*', 2892 'fail*'.

Thanks.

I would keep both by preference, rather than insist on a "foolish consistency."

The "consistency" argument leads to the PEP 8 names. The removal of redundant names is not made in the name of consistency, but of API simplicity.

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