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

[Ben Finney]

Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> writes:

> What did you think of the "check" idea at the end of the email?
> 
> Test assertions:
>   check(x).almost_equal(y)
>   check(x).is_(y)
>   check(x).in_(y)
>   check(x).equals(y)
> 
> Test negative assertions:
>   check(x).not_almost_equal(y)
>   check(x).is_not(y)
>   check(x).not_in(y)
>   check(x).not_equal(y)

-1

'check' is even less explicit about what will happen than 'assert'. At
least the latter has existing programming-language connotations of
"fail immediately if not true", which 'check' lacks.

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Ben Finney