[Python-Dev] unittest's redundant assertions: asserts vs. failIf/Unlesses

Tue Jul 15 00:40:00 CEST 2008

On 2008年7月14日 09:54:16 am Steve Holden wrote:
> > Python may be Guido's language, and if he wants to use his
> > dictatorial powers to say that tests must be written as positive
> > assertions because that's the way he likes it, that's his
> > prerogative. But let's not pretend that this particular bike shed
> > colour has any objectively rational reason, or that the change
> > won't force some people to have to change the way they think about
> > tests.
>> But sometimes even the wrong decision is better than no decision, and
> I suspect most if us can agree that it's better if everyone thinks
> about tests the same way.

There's a term for what happens when everybody in a community or group 
thinks about a subject the same way.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groupthink
-- 
Steven