-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Andrew Bennetts wrote: > Ben Finney wrote: >> "Stephen J. Turnbull" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>> Ben Finney writes: >>> >>> > Removal of ``assert*`` names >>> > ---------------------------- >>> > >>> > There is no overwhelming consensus on whether to remove the >>> > ``assert*`` names or the ``fail*`` names; >>> >>> 7 to 1 is overwhelming in my book. See >>> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> From: Antoine Pitrou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> That measured only usage of unittest *within the Python standard >> library*. Is that the only body of unittest-using code we need >> consider? > > Three more data points then: > > bzr: 13228 assert* vs. 770 fail*. > > Twisted: 6149 assert* vs. 1666 fail*. > > paramiko: 431 assert* vs. 4 fail*. > > The data seems pretty overwhelmingly in favour of keeping assert*.
FWIW: Zope2: 16878 'assert*', 2892 'fail*'. I would keep both by preference, rather than insist on a "foolish consistency." Tres. - -- =================================================================== Tres Seaver +1 540-429-0999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Palladion Software "Excellence by Design" http://palladion.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIfOJI+gerLs4ltQ4RArw5AJ0fUzXiMefC4CQZDk4K0mlQFn3nAACfRLya CuhfeNQd8OUPFi5+E5aJN9M= =2Hsl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ 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
