Re: [Pyunit-interest] unittest.py patch

[Steve P. <ste...@ya...>]

Fred L. Drake, Jr. wrote:
> 
>   I'd like to suggest the attached patch to unittest.py.
>   When running a test that fails to raise an expected exception (using
> assertRaises()), the message is just the name of the exception, not
> something that says the exception was expected but failed to occur.
> The attached patch fixes this.


Hi Fred,

Well, that's the way it used to be! Then, prior to the Python 2.1 release,
I received a proposed patch from Jeremy Hylton, which I applied in modified
form to get the current message; the patch aimed to fix a perceived problem
of clarity.

I was happy with the more terse message, but others obviously weren't. In
the light of the varied opinions on the matter, I suggest we keep the
message as it is rather than change it again.

-Steve


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