[Python-Dev] PEP: Consolidating names and classes in the `unittest` module (updated 2008-07-15)

[Guido van Rossum]

On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 3:34 PM, Ben Finney <ben+python at benfinney.id.au> wrote:
> That's exactly the problem with the 'assert*' names: The test methods
> of TestCase *don't* do the same thing as the Python 'assert'
> statement, and aren't meant to. The association is confusing, even
> (especially?) if one knows what the 'assert' statement does.

The parallel is intentional. They even raise the same exception. Too
bad it doesn't work for you; get over it.

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