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

[Jonathan Lange]

On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 6:24 PM, Gabriel Grant <grantgm at mcmaster.ca> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>  This gem from unittest.py is pretty much the opposite of "one obvious way":
>
>     # Synonyms for assertion methods
>
[snip]
>
>  Could these be removed for 3k?
>

I agree with others who say that we shouldn't do this for Python 3k.
If we want to get rid of them, we should deprecate them, wait a
release or so, *then* remove them.

That said, can we axe one of (assertEqual, assertEquals) too?

jml