[Python-Dev] PEP: Consolidating names in the `unittest` module (original) (raw)

Ben Finney ben+python at benfinney.id.au
Wed Jul 16 00:59:08 CEST 2008

"Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen at xemacs.org> writes:

FWIW, I think these are fairly stated. So fairly that I'm surprised you haven't been persuaded!

I'm not persuaded because I find the arguments for 'fail*' more persuasive :-)

I am, however, convinced that the consensus of the community is that 'assert*' is the right choice. The PEP will be revised accordingly.

Nitpick: the second point is not just "precedent", there's an economic reason there too. [...]

You should mention Raymond's concern that PEP 8 names are quite a bit longer.

Noted both of these, thanks.

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[Python-Dev] PEP: Consolidating names in the unittest module (original) (raw)