[Python-Dev] unittest missing assertNotRaises

Michael Foord fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk
Wed Sep 28 13:05:13 CEST 2011


On 27/09/2011 19:59, Laurens Van Houtven wrote:
> Sure, you just *do* it. The only advantage I see in assertNotRaises is 
> that when that exception is raised, you should (and would) get a 
> failure, not an error.
There are some who don't see the distinction between a failure and an 
error as a useful distinction... I'm becoming more sympathetic to that view.

All the best,

Michael

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