On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 12:56 PM, Will Hardy <e.willha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Maybe we could add a keyword argument to Django's TestCase.assert*() > methods that raises an AssertionError instead of failing the test when the > method's condition is not met (I assume that the test should error instead > of failing). > > eg: > > self.assertEqual(1, 1, test_assumption=True) > > Cheers, > > Will > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-develop...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<django-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en. > Maybe I'm doing testing fundamentally wrong but i don't really care if a test failed or had an exception, I treat them the same, some bug needs to be fixed. To that end I prefer writing everything using the assert* methods on TestCase, they give more informative error messages. Alex -- "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." -- Evelyn Beatrice Hall (summarizing Voltaire) "The people's good is the highest law." -- Cicero "Code can always be simpler than you think, but never as simple as you want" -- Me -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To post to this group, send email to django-develop...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en.
