[Python-checkins] python/nondist/sandbox/twister test_random.py,1.1,1.2

Raymond Hettinger python@rcn.com
Sun, 29 Dec 2002 01:19:33 -0500


I'll add some equivalent functionality to unittest.py.

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> 
>     Raymond> To accomodate single precision platforms, only test to seven
>     Raymond> digits.
> 
> The SciPy folks have added an assertAlmostEqual method to their unit tests.
> I believe it more-or-less just wraps what you've done in a callable method
> (which takes a number of digits of precision).  Might be a good idea to add
> something like it to unittest.py so the wheel doesn't keep getting
> reinvented.  They actually have a few variants, coded as functions here:
> 
>     http://www.scipy.org/site_content/remap?rmurl=http%3A//scipy.net/cgi-bin/viewcvsx.cgi/scipy/scipy_test/testing.py
> 
> Skip
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