[Python-Dev] assertRaises (original) (raw)

Jonathan Lange jml at mumak.net
Fri Jul 18 07:50:06 CEST 2008


On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 8:51 AM, Mark Hammond <mhammond at skippinet.com.au> wrote:

>> Let's just make assertRaises return the exception instance, it seems >> like it feels the need correctly. > > and I meant "fills", not "feels", obviously...

+1 : enriching the existing method in a way that's perfectly transparent and innocuous to all existing uses feels right, because it's more practical. For the record, and primarily to give the champion of this proposal a little more resolve the run the python-dev gauntlet on this issue given the recent - err - spirited discussions, I'm also strongly +1 on this idea.

I've got code and tests for this. I'll file a patch on the tracker as soon as I get the chance -- Internet is dicey at the moment.

jml



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