Test clarification
Wouter van Heyst
larstiq at larstiq.dyndns.org
Thu Dec 1 23:55:53 GMT 2005
On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 03:24:33PM -0800, Robey Pointer wrote:
<snip>
> >I tend to use (expected, actual). If we have a standard, it would be
> >nice to use that ;).
>
> Probably because that's how all the other *unit libraries implement
> it. But to my surprise, python uses the parameters backwards:
<snip>
> The python ordering is the most "intuitive" to me, but I'm surprised
> they reversed the order from cppunit & junit. That's just going to
> be a constant source of confusion. Oh well. :)
The (expected, actual) ordering is how I prefer it in C, where I picked
up the habit of comparing int == value, which is safer than the other
way around when you forget an equals sign.
Wouter van Heyst
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