On 01 May 2014, at 00:52, Nicolas Cellier <[email protected]> 
wrote:

> Hi,
> I see many usage of #should: in SciSmalltalk tests that could simply be 
> turned into #assert: or eventually #assert:equals:
> Why wanting to use a block?
> Other than #should:raise: and #shouldnt:raise:, I don't really see the point 
> of #should: alone anyway...
> IMO should: should be deprecated, less is more.
> I'm possibly the author of several of these #should: sends, so don't take it 
> personnally ;)
> 
> P.S. or is it easier to restart the block in the Debugger?
> I cross post to pharo-dev because it's a generic question, and there are a 
> few #should: sends in Pharo-3.0 too.

I also do not understand why you would want to use a block. So unless there is 
a good reason to use that, a simpler API is preferable.

BTW, and this was discussed before, #shouldnt:raise: is useless as well ;-)

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