[Python-checkins] r74556 - in python/trunk: Doc/library/unittest.rst Lib/test/test_unittest.py Lib/unittest/case.py
kristjan.jonsson
python-checkins at python.org
Fri Aug 28 00:20:21 CEST 2009
Author: kristjan.jonsson
Date: Fri Aug 28 00:20:21 2009
New Revision: 74556
Log:
issue 6275
Add an "exc_value" attribute to the _AssertRaisesContext context manager in the unittest package. This allows further tests on the exception that was raised after the context manager exits.
Modified:
python/trunk/Doc/library/unittest.rst
python/trunk/Lib/test/test_unittest.py
python/trunk/Lib/unittest/case.py
Modified: python/trunk/Doc/library/unittest.rst
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Doc/library/unittest.rst (original)
+++ python/trunk/Doc/library/unittest.rst Fri Aug 28 00:20:21 2009
@@ -888,6 +888,10 @@
with self.failUnlessRaises(some_error_class):
do_something()
+ The context manager will store the caught exception object in its
+ :attr:`exc_value` attribute. This can be useful if the intention
+ is to perform additional checks on the exception raised.
+
.. versionchanged:: 2.7
Added the ability to use :meth:`assertRaises` as a context manager.
Modified: python/trunk/Lib/test/test_unittest.py
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Lib/test/test_unittest.py (original)
+++ python/trunk/Lib/test/test_unittest.py Fri Aug 28 00:20:21 2009
@@ -2821,6 +2821,21 @@
self.assertRaisesRegexp, Exception,
re.compile('^Expected$'), Stub)
+ def testAssertRaisesExcValue(self):
+ class ExceptionMock(Exception):
+ pass
+
+ def Stub(foo):
+ raise ExceptionMock(foo)
+ v = "particular value"
+
+ ctx = self.assertRaises(ExceptionMock)
+ with ctx:
+ Stub(v)
+ e = ctx.exc_value
+ self.assertTrue(isinstance(e, ExceptionMock))
+ self.assertEqual(e.args[0], v)
+
def testSynonymAssertMethodNames(self):
"""Test undocumented method name synonyms.
Modified: python/trunk/Lib/unittest/case.py
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Lib/unittest/case.py (original)
+++ python/trunk/Lib/unittest/case.py Fri Aug 28 00:20:21 2009
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@
if not issubclass(exc_type, self.expected):
# let unexpected exceptions pass through
return False
+ self.exc_value = exc_value #store for later retrieval
if self.expected_regex is None:
return True
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