[Python-Dev] Proposed unittest changes

[Michael Foord]

Jesse Noller wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 10:59 AM, Michael Foord
> <fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk> wrote:
>   
>> Guido van Rossum wrote:
>>  > I'm worried that a mass renaming would do anything but inconvenience
>>  > users during the already stressful 2->3 transition.
>>  >
>>  > I'm more in favor of the original proposal of reducing the redundancy post-3.0.
>>  >
>>  >
>>
>>  So nix the PEP-8'ifying until after 3.0.
>>
>>  So new methods should follow the current naming scheme (assertIn,
>>  assertNotIn etc).
>>
>> [snip...]
>>
>>     
>
> +1 on your changes Michael - I really like the decorator idea. Let me
> know if you want help on adding the new stuff or updating the
> documentation. What about aiming this at 2.6 instead of 3.0?
>
> -jesse
>   
 
As they will just be new features rather than API changes I would like 
to add these to 2.6 - although I think May 10th may be after the last 
alpha?

Michael