This patch removes all uses of "assert" in the regression test suite
and replaces them with a new API verify(). As a result the regression
suite will also perform its tests in optimization mode.
Written by Marc-Andre Lemburg. Copyright assigned to Guido van Rossum.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_file.py b/Lib/test/test_file.py
index d73167a..a85e07c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_file.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_file.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
import os
-from test_support import TESTFN
+from test_support import verify, TESTFN
from UserList import UserList
# verify writelines with instance sequence
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
f = open(TESTFN, 'rb')
buf = f.read()
f.close()
-assert buf == '12'
+verify(buf == '12')
# verify writelines with integers
f = open(TESTFN, 'wb')