Cleanup the test added in r78517 based on Ezio Melotti's feedback.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_threading.py b/Lib/test/test_threading.py
index defa9ee..70dd026 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_threading.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_threading.py
@@ -257,14 +257,10 @@
threading._start_new_thread = fail_new_thread
try:
t = threading.Thread(target=lambda: None)
- try:
- t.start()
- assert False
- except thread.error:
- self.assertFalse(
- t in threading._limbo,
- "Failed to cleanup _limbo map on failure of Thread.start()."
- )
+ self.assertRaises(thread.error, t.start)
+ self.assertFalse(
+ t in threading._limbo,
+ "Failed to cleanup _limbo map on failure of Thread.start().")
finally:
threading._start_new_thread = _start_new_thread