stephen j turnbull xjzvfpwxemacsorg michael urman writes yes removes redundancy really doesnt change cognitive load least native speakers actually oontdi important cognitively multiple names implies possibility multiple semantics often unintentionally cant case construction wouldnt known werent reading thread still wont sure given one since many remembering whole list hard blessed set restricted assert would users fail trying test packages py3k search replace monkey patch unittest add 2to3 theyre going run anyway im guessing monkey patch unittest means flag people much hurry things right change saves nothing costs plenty thats bit shortsighted saves nothing old working code 90 python code use 5 years written _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom thu 07 aug 2008 000424 0900 pythondev unittests redundant assertions asserts vs failifunlesses