[issue14403] unittest module: provide inverse of "assertRaises"

[Danilo Bargen]

New submission from Danilo Bargen <gezuru at gmail.com>:

Most assert statements of the unittest module provide both an assert statement as well as its inverse, like "assertIn" and "assertNotIn". There is apparently no such thing for exceptions.

I can do the following:

> with self.assertRaises(SomeException):
>     do_something()

But not:

> with self.assertRaisesNot(SomeException):
>     do_something()

I don't want to simply execute the code and hope that it doesn't raise an exception, because if it does, the test fails with an "error" status instead of a "failed" status.

A possible workaround is the following code:

> try:
>     do_something()
> except SomeException:
>     self.fail()

But that is not that expressive as an assert statement.

A naming alternative would be "assertDoesNotRaise".

In case this enhancement gets accepted, there should also be an inverse of "assertRaisesRegexp".

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components: Tests
messages: 156750
nosy: gwrtheyrn
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: unittest module: provide inverse of "assertRaises"
type: enhancement
versions: Python 2.7

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