[Python-Dev] PEP: Frequently-requested additional features for the `unittest` module

Wed Jul 16 15:13:53 CEST 2008

Ben Finney wrote:
...
> def assert_compare_true(op, first, second, msg=None):
> if msg is None:
> msg = "%(first)r %(op)r %(second)" % vars()
> if not op(first, second):
> raise self.failure_exception(msg)

I would rather something more like:
 def assert_compare_true(op, first, second, msg=None):
 if op(first, second):
 return
 raise self.failure_exception(msg)
 if msg is None:
 self.failure_exception("%(first)r %(op)r %(second)"
 % vars())
 self.failure_exception("%(first)r %(op)r %(second): %(msg)"
 % vars())
--Scott David Daniels
Scott.Daniels at Acm.Org