[Python-Dev] PEP: Frequently-requested additional features for the `unittest` module

[Ben Finney]

Scott Dial <scott+python-dev at scottdial.com> writes:

> Why [introduce redundant test names]?
> 
> assert_not_less_than = assert_greater_than_or_equal
> assert_not_greater_than = assert_less_than_or_equal
> assert_not_less_than_or_equal = assert_greater_than
> assert_not_greater_than_or_equal = assert_less_than

To answer the question: The above tests are logically equivalent, but
the failure message would be different, reporting failure in terms of
what the caller wanted to test.

I se your point though. I'd like to see what others think on this
issue.

> Besides, ``assert_not_greater_than_or_equal`` is god-awful-long,
> along with the complaints about PEP-8-ifying. I wonder if it would
> be better to abbreviate these names with the *same name* that was
> used for the attribute in the operator module. Let's not reinvent
> the wheel here..

Interesting. So you advocate collapsing the above eight tests into the
following four:

    assert_lt
    assert_gt
    assert_le
    assert_ge

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Ben Finney