Use constructor form of "raise"; normalize <wink> docstrings.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_support.py b/Lib/test/test_support.py
index 6699b3a..c1abf1b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_support.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_support.py
@@ -15,10 +15,8 @@
example, if some resource can't be used, such as the network
appears to be unavailable, this should be raised instead of
TestFailed.
-
"""
-
verbose = 1 # Flag set to 0 by regrtest.py
use_large_resources = 1 # Flag set to 0 by regrtest.py
@@ -73,13 +71,11 @@
return file
def verify(condition, reason='test failed'):
+ """Verify that condition is true. If not, raise an AssertionError.
- """ Verify that condition is true. If not, raise an
- AssertionError.
-
- The optinal argument reason can be given to provide
- a better error text.
-
+ The optinal argument reason can be given to provide
+ a better error text.
"""
+
if not condition:
- raise AssertionError,reason
+ raise AssertionError(reason)