Re: [Junit-devel] why not assertEquals(actual, expected)?

[Dossy <do...@pa...>]

On 2003.01.31, Janto Dreijer <jf...@jf...> wrote:
> Is there a reason why the order of the parameters to assertEquals are
> (expected, actual) and not (actual, expected)?
[...]
> It doesn't have the kind of dataflow I think in: left to right.

When you do Test-First Programming, it does follow the flow in which you
think: test, then code.  Expected, then actual.

-- Dossy

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