[Python-Dev] Proposed unittest changes

[Ben Finney]

Michael Foord <fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk> writes:

> Adding the following new asserts:
> 
>    assertIn    (member, container, msg=None)
>    assertNotIn     (member, container, msg=None)
>    assertIs     (first, second, msg=None)
>    assertNotIs   (first, second, msg=None)
>    assertRaisesWithMessage    (exc_class, message, callable, *args,
> **keywargs)
[…]

>    assertLessThan
>    assertGreaterThan
>    assertLessThanOrEquals
>    assertGreaterThanOrEquals
[…]

>    assertListEqual(self, list1, list2, msg=None):
>    assertDictEqual(self, d1, d2, msg=None):
>    assertMultiLineEqual(self, first, second, msg=Non
[…]

>    assertSameElements(self, expected_seq, actual_seq, msg=None):

All these are new, so there is no existing expectation of these names
from users of the standard library 'unittest' module (i.e. no
backward-compatibility concern since these are new methods).

If we're planning to deprecate the existing non-PEP-8 names in 2.7 and
3.1, why would we introduce new names that are non-PEP-8? Wouldn't it
be better to add these as PEP-8 compatible names in the first
instance?

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Ben Finney