Re: unittest: assertRaises() with an instance instead of a type

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Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> writes:

> (By the way, I have to question the design of an exception with error 
> codes. That seems pretty poor design to me. Normally the exception *type* 
> acts as equivalent to an error code.)

Have a look at Python's built-in OSError. The various errors from the
operating system can only be distinguished by the numeric code the OS
returns, so that's what to test on in one's unit tests.

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Ben Finney

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unittest: assertRaises() with an instance instead of a type Ulrich Eckhardt <ulrich.eckhardt@dominolaser.com> - 2012-03-28 14:28 +0200
  Re: unittest: assertRaises() with an instance instead of a type Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-03-28 18:07 +0000
    Re: unittest: assertRaises() with an instance instead of a type Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2012-03-29 12:55 +1100
      Re: unittest: assertRaises() with an instance instead of a type Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-03-29 06:35 +0000
      Re: unittest: assertRaises() with an instance instead of a type Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2012-03-29 08:55 +0200
      Re: unittest: assertRaises() with an instance instead of a type Steve Howell <showell30@yahoo.com> - 2012-03-28 22:50 -0700
    Re: unittest: assertRaises() with an instance instead of a type Ulrich Eckhardt <ulrich.eckhardt@dominolaser.com> - 2012-03-29 09:08 +0200
      Re: unittest: assertRaises() with an instance instead of a type Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2012-03-29 09:48 +0200
      Re: unittest: assertRaises() with an instance instead of a type Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-03-30 02:45 +0000
        Re: unittest: assertRaises() with an instance instead of a type Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2012-03-30 10:45 -0700
    Re: unittest: assertRaises() with an instance instead of a type Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2012-03-29 08:35 -0700
      Re: unittest: assertRaises() with an instance instead of a type Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-03-30 02:53 +0000
  Re: unittest: assertRaises() with an instance instead of a type Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-03-28 14:26 -0400
    Re: unittest: assertRaises() with an instance instead of a type Ulrich Eckhardt <ulrich.eckhardt@dominolaser.com> - 2012-03-29 09:28 +0200
      Re: unittest: assertRaises() with an instance instead of a type Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-03-29 11:04 -0400
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