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

2008-07-15 Thread Richard Thomas
On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So far I have "precedent and tradition" and "positive admonition looks > better" in support of preferring the 'assert*' names. Are there any > others? I've been told by a couple of non-programmers that "failUnless" is more in

[Python-Dev] Readline completion hook silences exceptions.

2008-03-08 Thread Richard Thomas
Hey, I've never posted to this list before but I think it is the right place for discussions such as this: The readline completion hook doesn't reraise exceptions. This is probably a good thing for actually using readline, less useful for debugging a completer. Possibly readline should have a 'deb