[Pharo-users] Why is the root class of tests named TestAsserter?

[Alidra Abdelghani via Pharo-users]

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Hi,

I am trying to understand how classes in smalltalk projects are named. 
Something I can hardly understand is why the root class of the Test hierarchy 
is named TestAsserter?
What is the intention behind the term Asserter?
Wouldn’t it be more appropriate to name it AbstractTest since most classes of 
this hierarchy are Tests?

Many thanks in advance
Abdelghani

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