RE: [Pyunit-interest] Re: PATCH: AssertionError message

[Patrick K. O'B. <po...@or...>]

[Phlip]
> >         if first != second:
> >             raise self.failureException, \
> >                   (msg or '%s != %s' % (`first`, `second`))
>
> Sorry, but do back-ticks do the same as repr? I thought they did string.

Yes, backticks (backquotes) do the same as repr. But they a bit of a wart
and I wouldn't encourage their use. The code above could instead be:

                  (msg or '%r != %r' % (first, second))

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Patrick K. O'Brien
Orbtech