[Python-Dev] Unittest PEP do's and don'ts (BDFL pronouncement) (original) (raw)
Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Fri Jul 18 00:41:12 CEST 2008
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Tres Seaver wrote:
Ron Adam wrote:
Nick Coghlan wrote:
The essence of the function remains unchanged - you're still asserting that a particular exception is raised. Returning the actual exception object that was caught is merely a convenience that makes a lot of sense. I'm not sure I understand... If "a particular exception is raised", every thing is good and there is no error to report. ie... the code being tested did the right thing. I think that in this case the propoent wants to be able to make further assertions about the raised exception (e.g., to test its message).
Exactly.
Cheers, Nick.
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