On Wed, 18 Dec 2024 14:00:53 GMT, Weijun Wang <wei...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> `Asserts.assertNotEquals` shows "expected 12345 to not equal 12345" which >> sounds redundant, just say "expected not equals but was 12345". >> >> `Asserts.assertEqualsByteArray` uses the words "expected... to equal...". >> Modify it to follow the `assertEquals` style ""expected... but was...". > > Weijun Wang has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional > commit since the last revision: > > be precise in method spec test/lib/jdk/test/lib/Asserts.java line 448: > 446: if ((unexpected == actual) || (unexpected != null && > unexpected.equals(actual))) { > 447: msg = Objects.toString(msg, "assertNotEquals") > 448: + ": expected not equals but was " + > Objects.toString(actual); Given that the comparison is based on Object.equals(...), there may be (rare) cases where `a.equals(b)` returns true but `a.toString()` produces different output from `b.toString()`? To address all cases, does it make sense to compare the result of both toString() and print both in case that they are different? ------------- PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21101#discussion_r1891096484