Andrew Bennetts <andrew-pythondev <at> puzzling.org> writes: > > On the other hand, “assert*” names are positive statements of what the > behaviour of the system-under-test is. And conversely, “fail*” names are a > bit like implementation details of how the test is written. So I personally > have a mild preference for the assert* names.
The problem with "fail*" is that you get names like "failIfNotEqual" (or perhaps even "failUnlessNotEqual") which are double negatives and therefore much more annoying to read and decipher. I always had the same problem when reading Perl's "unless" statements. They are, IMO, useless complication. "assert*" names are, well, assertive :-) (not to mention "assert" is a widely established name in various languages - including Python - for checking that things went as expected) _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
