[Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Lib/test test_descr.py,1.161,1.162

[Guido van Rossum]

> > Modified Files:
> > 	test_descr.py 
> > Log Message:
> > A tweaked version of Jeremy's patch #642489, to produce better error
> > messages about MRO conflicts.  (Tweaks here: don't print the message,
> > but compare it with an expected string.)
> [...]
> > +     raises(TypeError, "MRO conflict among bases B, A",
> > +            type, "X", (A, B), {})
> 
> Unfortunately, the order of the bases in the error message depends on
> the order they come out of a dict.  As we all know, this is not a
> recipe for happiness...

Oh, shit.  I didn't review the code well enough.  I'll change the test
to check that we get *some* message starting with "MRO conflict among
bases".

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)