On 15 January 2015 at 11:05, Tobias Pape <Das.Linux at gmx.de> wrote:
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> On 15.01.2015, at 10:59, Frank Shearar <frank.shearar at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> They should, but if you're running the tests in some headless fashion
>> - like in CI - those error messages let you zero in on problems much
>> faster than just seeing "this test failed".
>>
>> I don't doubt that many tests would benefit from such a conversion: I
>> just haven't done such a thing because of a lack of time, so I try get
>> people to rewrite their new tests as they go in :)
>
> If we batch-convert, can we please also change
>
>         self assert: expected equals: actual
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> to
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>         self assert: actual equals: given
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> ? This is IMHO more readable.
> If this is a naming problem, what about
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>         self expect: actual toBe: given

I'd rather take the latter option then. #assert:equals: does take the
expected value first, and swapping the values reads better but then
gives a deeply misleading message... and adjusting the message means
there's a huge disconnect between our SUnit and the standard
cross-platform SUnit.

frank

> Best
>         -Tobias
>