michael urman phwgmigmailcom otoh id rather oowtdi whatever consensus fine strikes gratuitous api change kind guido warning recent post dont change apis incompatibly porting py3k yes removes redundancy really doesnt change cognitive load least native speakers blessed set restricted assert would users fail trying test packages py3k search replace monkey patch unittest im guessing monkey patch unittest means change saves nothing costs plenty note acronym oowtdi oontdi using different name necessarily make different way michael urman _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom wed 06 aug 2008 095143 0500 pythondev unittests redundant assertions asserts vs failifunlesses