[Python-Dev] PEP: Consolidating names and classes in the `unittest` module (updated 2008-07-15)
Ben Finney
ben+python at benfinney.id.au
Wed Jul 16 00:38:59 CEST 2008
Tres Seaver <tseaver at palladion.com> writes:
> FWIW: Zope2: 16878 'assert*', 2892 'fail*'.
Thanks.
> I would keep both by preference, rather than insist on a "foolish
> consistency."
The "consistency" argument leads to the PEP 8 names. The removal of
redundant names is not made in the name of consistency, but of API
simplicity.
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