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flake8-assertive is a Flake8 <https://flake8.pycqa.org/>_ extension that
encourages using richer, more specific unittest_ assertions beyond just the
typical assertEqual(a, b) and assertTrue(x) methods. The suggested
methods perform more precise checks and provide better failure messages than
the generic methods.
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+------+
| Original | Suggestion | Code |
+==========================================+===================================+======+
| assertTrue(a == b) | assertEqual(a, b) | A500 |
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+------+
| assertTrue(a != b) | assertNotEqual(a, b) | A500 |
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+------+
| assertFalse(a == b) | assertNotEqual(a, b) | A500 |
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+------+
| assertFalse(a != b) | assertEqual(a, b) | A500 |
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+------+
| assertTrue(a < b) | assertLess(a, b) | A500 |
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+------+
| assertTrue(a <= b) | assertLessEqual(a, b) | A500 |
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+------+
| assertTrue(a > b) | assertGreater(a, b) | A500 |
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+------+
| assertTrue(a >= b) | assertGreaterEqual(a, b) | A500 |
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+------+
| assertTrue(a is b) | assertIs(a, b) | A501 |
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+------+
| assertTrue(a is not b) | assertIsNot(a, b) | A501 |
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+------+
| assertFalse(a is b) | assertNotIs(a, b) | A501 |
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+------+
| assertFalse(a is not b) | assertIs(a, b) | A501 |
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+------+
| assertTrue(a in b) | assertIn(a, b) | A501 |
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+------+
| assertTrue(a not in b) | assertNotIn(a, b) | A501 |
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+------+
| assertFalse(a in b) | assertNotIn(a, b) | A501 |
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+------+
| assertTrue(isinstance(a, b)) | assertIsInstance(a, b) | A501 |
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+------+
| assertFalse(isinstance(a, b)) | assertNotIsInstance(a, b) | A501 |
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+------+
| assertEqual(a, round(b, x)) | assertAlmostEqual(a, b, x) | A501 |
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+------+
| assertAlmostEqual(a, round(b, x)) | assertAlmostEqual(a, b, x) | A501 |
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+------+
| assertNotEqual(a, round(b, x)) | assertNotAlmostEqual(a, b, x) | A501 |
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+------+
| assertNotAlmostEqual(a, round(b, x)) | assertNotAlmostEqual(a, b, x) | A501 |
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+------+
| assertEqual(a, None) | assertIsNone(a) | A502 |
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+------+
| assertNotEqual(a, None) | assertIsNotNone(a) | A502 |
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+------+
| assertTrue(a is None) | assertIsNone(a) | A502 |
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+------+
| assertTrue(a is not None) | assertIsNotNone(a) | A502 |
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+------+
| assertFalse(a is None) | assertIsNotNone(a) | A502 |
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+------+
| assertFalse(a is not None) | assertIsNone(a) | A502 |
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+------+
| assertEqual(a, True) | assertTrue(a) | A502 |
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+------+
| assertEqual(a, False) | assertFalse(a) | A502 |
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+------+
| assertEquals(a, b) | assertEqual(a, b) | A503 |
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+------+
| assertNotEquals(a, b) | assertNotEqual(a, b) | A503 |
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+------+
| assertAlmostEquals(a, b, x) | assertAlmostEqual(a, b, x) | A503 |
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+------+
| assertNotAlmostEquals(a, b, x) | assertNotAlmostEqual(a, b, x) | A503 |
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+------+
| assertTrue(a, b) | assertTrue(a, msg=b) | A504 |
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+------+
| assertFalse(a, b) | assertFalse(a, msg=b) | A504 |
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+------+
Note that some suggestions are normalized forms of the original, such as when
a double-negative is used (assertFalse(a != b) → assertEqual(a, b)).
There aren't suggestions for things like assertFalse(a > b), which may or
may not be equivalent to assertLessEqual(a, b).
Install from PyPI using pip:
.. code-block:: sh
$ pip install flake8-assertive
The extension will be activated automatically by flake8. You can verify
that it has been loaded by inspecting the flake8 --version string.
.. code-block:: sh
$ flake8 --version
4.0.1 (assertive: 2.1.0, ...) CPython 3.9.10 on Darwin
This extension adds three new error codes__ (using the A50 prefix):
A500: prefer {func} for '{op}' comparisonsA501: prefer {func} for '{op}' expressionsA502: prefer {func} instead of comparing to {obj}A503: use {func} instead of the deprecated {name}A504: prefer the 'msg=' kwarg for {func} diagnostics.. __: https://flake8.pycqa.org/en/latest/user/error-codes.html
Configuration values are specified in the [flake8] section of your config file_ or as command line arguments (e.g. --assertive-snakecase).
assertive-snakecase: suggest snake_case assert method names
(e.g. assert_true()) instead of the standard names (e.g. assertTrue())assertive-test-pattern: fnmatch_ pattern for identifying unittest test
files (and all other files will be skipped).. _fnmatch: https://docs.python.org/library/fnmatch.html .. _unittest: https://docs.python.org/library/unittest.html .. _config file: https://flake8.pycqa.org/en/latest/user/configuration.html
There are some specific cases when the suggestion might not match the intent of the original.
Testing the equality operator
``assertEqual()`` won't use the ``==`` operator if the comparison has been
delegated to a `type-specific equalilty function`__. By default, this is the
case for strings, sequences, lists, tuples, sets, and dicts.
.. __: https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.html#unittest.TestCase.addTypeEqualityFunc
If your intent is to specifically test the ``==`` operator, consider writing
the assertion like this instead:
.. code-block:: python
assertIs(a == b, True)
This approach has the benefit of verifying that the type's ``__eq__``
implementation returns a boolean value. Unfortunately, it also has the
downside of reporting the result of ``a == b`` on failure instead of the
values of ``a`` and ``b``.
Suggested by: `Serhiy Storchaka <https://twitter.com/SerhiyStorchaka>`_
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Copyright (c) 2018-present Jon Parise
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Changes
=======
2.1.0 (2022-03-15)
------------------
* Suggest using an explicit `msg` keyword argument with ``assertTrue()`` and
``assertFalse()`` to avoid accidental two-argument misuse. This is controlled
by a new error code: ``A504``
2.0.0 (2021-12-30)
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* Drop support for Python 2.7 and 3.6, and add 3.10.
* Drop support for flake8 2.x versions.
1.3.0 (2020-10-12)
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* Drop Python version 3.5 support and add version 3.9.
1.2.1 (2019-12-08)
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* Support keyword arguments in assert method calls.
1.2.0 (2019-12-05)
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* Suggest the preferred names for deprecated methods, such as
``assertEqual()`` instead of ``assertEquals()``.
1.1.0 (2019-06-26)
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* Suggest ``assertAlmostEqual(a, b, x)`` for ``round()`` expressions like in
``assertEqual(a, round(b, x))`` and ``assertAlmostEqual(a, round(b, x))``
(and similar for ``assertNotEqual()`` and ``assertNotAlmostEqual()``.
* Recognize ``assertAmostEquals()`` and ``assertNotAlmostEquals()`` as aliases
for ``assertAlmostEqual()`` and ``assertNotAlmostEqual()``.
* Drop Python 3.4 as a supported version since it has been officially retired.
1.0.1 (2018-07-03)
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* Don't make suggestions for assertions containing multiple comparison
operations (e.g. ``assertTrue(a == b == c)``).
1.0.0 (2018-06-04)
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* Suggest ``assertIsNone(a)`` for ``assertTrue(a is None)``, etc.
* Recognize ``assertEquals()`` and ``assertNotEquals()`` as aliases for
``assertEqual()`` and ``assertNotEqual()``.
0.9.0 (2018-05-14)
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* Initial beta release
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