[Python-Dev] PEP 8 conformance of unittest (was: unittest's redundant assertions: asserts vs. failIf/Unlesses)

"Guido van Rossum" guido@python.org writes:

Same here; let's tread carefully here and not change this with 3.0. Starting to deprecate in 3.1 and killing in 3.3 would be soon enough. I like using only the assertKeyword variants, removing assert_, fail*, and assertEquals.

Are we to interpret the above ("… using only the assertKeyword variants, removing assert_, …") as "we should actively remove names that are PEP 8 compatible from 'unittest', instead preferring names that go against PEP 8?

I really hope I'm misinterpreting this and that there's another explanation. Preferably one that includes "we have a plan to make 'unittest' conform with the existing PEP 8".