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_support.py b/Lib/test/test_support.py
index a24b3ce..8dcec30 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_support.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_support.py
@@ -71,3 +71,15 @@
fn = os.path.join(dn, file)
if os.path.exists(fn): return fn
return file
+
+def verify(condition, reason='test failed'):
+
+ """ Verify that condition is true. If not, raise an
+ AssertionError.
+
+ The optinal argument reason can be given to provide
+ a better error text.
+
+ """
+ if not condition:
+ raise AssertionError,reason