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

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Wed Jul 16 07:25:12 CEST 2008

Greg Ewing wrote:

Ben Finney wrote:

Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> writes:

> the shortest > possible way of writing negative assertions (i.e. asserting that > something is not the case) is to treat them as denials and use the > single word 'deny'. This, to me, is neither intuitive nor meaningful in context. The term "deny" is strongly linked to its antonym, "permit". "Deny" also has the meaning of claiming that something is not true (as in "deny an allegation"). When used that way, it's not an antonym of "permit". However, that meaning doesn't quite seem to fit here, as we don't just want to claim that the condition is false, but ensure that it's false. I can't think of a single word offhand that means that.

That was the meaning I was going for, but I agree that it doesn't quite fit well enough to make it a good idea. There's a reason I put that disclaimer at the top of the message :)

What did you think of the "check" idea at the end of the email?

Test assertions: check(x).almost_equal(y) check(x).is_(y) check(x).in_(y) check(x).equals(y)

Test negative assertions: check(x).not_almost_equal(y) check(x).is_not(y) check(x).not_in(y) check(x).not_equal(y)

Cheers, Nick.

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