New submission from Danilo Bargen <gez...@gmail.com>: Most assert statements of the unittest module provide both an assert statement as well as its inverse, like "assertIn" and "assertNotIn". There is apparently no such thing for exceptions.
I can do the following: > with self.assertRaises(SomeException): > do_something() But not: > with self.assertRaisesNot(SomeException): > do_something() I don't want to simply execute the code and hope that it doesn't raise an exception, because if it does, the test fails with an "error" status instead of a "failed" status. A possible workaround is the following code: > try: > do_something() > except SomeException: > self.fail() But that is not that expressive as an assert statement. A naming alternative would be "assertDoesNotRaise". In case this enhancement gets accepted, there should also be an inverse of "assertRaisesRegexp". ---------- components: Tests messages: 156750 nosy: gwrtheyrn priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: unittest module: provide inverse of "assertRaises" type: enhancement versions: Python 2.7 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue14403> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
