[Python-Dev] Proposed unittest changes
Steve Holden
steve at holdenweb.com
Tue Jul 15 09:04:58 CEST 2008
Thomas Lotze wrote:
> Ben Finney wrote:
>
>> I'd count this as another (minor) point in favour of making the 'fail*'
>> methods canonical: the names are consistent *and* gramatically sensible:
>
> -1
>
> I'm surprised nobody (that I've noticed) has brought up the point yet that
> test code is a lot easier to read if it makes positive assertions. When
> reading failure conditions, one has to constantly invert them in order to
> deduce the behaviour that is tested. failUnless and friends aren't better
> either IMO since while they do work with positive assertions, the method
> names themselves are doubly negative. assert* methods are so much more
> straightforward to comprehend.
>
I think this is where I came in.
regards
Steve
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