[Python-ideas] unittest: assertEqual(a, b, msg): Show diff AND msg

[Thomas Güttler]

Am 25.04.2016 um 19:35 schrieb Gregory P. Smith:
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> On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 12:47 AM Thomas Güttler <guettliml at thomas-guettler.de <mailto:guettliml at thomas-guettler.de>> wrote:
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>     Up to now assertEqual(a, b, msg) outputs only the msg, not the diff.
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>     I know that setting longMessage to True shows the diff and the msg[1]
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>     I think the sane default is to show the diff and the message for assertEqual().
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>     What do you think?
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> longMessage already defaults to True in Python 3.
> https://hg.python.org/cpython/file/default/Lib/unittest/case.py#l371
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> Changing the default in a future Python 2.7.xx release is unlikely as that kind of change can catch people by surprise
> and cause problems in the middle of a stable release.

Thank you Gregory! I was blind.

First I read the Python2 docs, then I read the first line of the docs of Python3:


    If set to True then any explicit failure  .....

https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.html#unittest.TestCase.longMessage

Yes, Python3 has the better default. Maybe the docs should get updated.
I guess the above sentence was copied from the old docs where you had to set True.

"If set to True then ..." is correct if you have a "math brain". But it is confusing
for new comers.




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