[Python-Dev] PEP: Consolidating names and classes in the `unittest` module (updated 2008年07月15日)

Tue Jul 15 15:05:33 CEST 2008

Ben Finney wrote:
> "Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen at xemacs.org> 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: <loom.20080714T230912-310 at post.gmane.org>
> > From: Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net>
>> 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*. 
-Andrew.