unit testing

[Ben Finney]

Ben Finney <bignose+hates-spam at benfinney.id.au> writes:

> Paul Rubin <http://phr.cx@NOSPAM.invalid> writes:
> 
> > Giampaolo Rodolà <gnewsg at gmail.com> writes:
> > > What's the equivalent of unittest's "assertRaises"?
> > 
> > def test_raises():
> >     try:
> >        thingy()
> >        assert 42 == 43
> 
> Clearer would be:
> 
>         assert False

Or even better:

    def test_raises_good_exception():
        try:
            thingy()
        except GoodException:
            pass
        else:
            raise AssertionError("Did not raise expected GoodException")

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