Re: [Python-Dev] unittest's redundant assertions: asserts vs. failIf/Unlesses

Andrew Bennetts andrew-pythondev@puzzling.org writes:

On the other hand, “assert*” names are positive statements of what the behaviour of the system-under-test is.

That statement is better made by the name of the test case. The method used for implementing the test shouldn't need to be part of that statement.

And conversely, “fail*” names are a bit like implementation details of how the test is written.

Entirely appropriate, since those names are used exactly at the point of implementing the test, and the names are not visible outside that implementation. No?

My suspicion is that it will be very hard to get consensus on the colour of this particular bike shed :)

Perhaps so :-)