On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 10:01 AM, Ron Adam <ron3200@gmail.com> wrote:
Is there any reason why someone would not want to use an asymmetric version in a symmetric way?

You mean they pre-sort the arguments the way they want?

Sure, you could do that. Though if it were me, I'd probably just re-write the test myself.

But throughout all this -- I haven't thought of a single case where I would prefer a symmetric test and it would matter.

It certainly appeals to me as clean, and more similar to equal, etc, but I haven't come up with a practical reason to prefer it.

Can anyone?

-Chris


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