[Python-Dev] Checking in a broken test was: Re: [Python-checkins]r41940 - python/trunk/Lib/test/test_compiler.py

[Fred L. Drake, Jr.]

Scott David Daniels wrote:
 > Would "expect_fail", "expect_failure", "expected_fail", or
 > "expected_failure", work for you?

None of these use the same naming convention as the other unittest object 
attributes.  Perhaps something like failureExpected?

I'd definately prefer something that reads cleanly; mirroring the exact form 
of the word "fail" doesn't make sense; making it readable does.


  -Fred

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