Removing the keyword only restriction for the places argument in unittest.TestCase.assert[Not]AlmostEqual
diff --git a/Doc/library/unittest.rst b/Doc/library/unittest.rst
index d88b823..4c29119 100644
--- a/Doc/library/unittest.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/unittest.rst
@@ -652,8 +652,8 @@
:meth:`failIfEqual`.
- .. method:: assertAlmostEqual(first, second, *, places=7, msg=None)
- failUnlessAlmostEqual(first, second, *, places=7, msg=None)
+ .. method:: assertAlmostEqual(first, second, places=7, msg=None)
+ failUnlessAlmostEqual(first, second, places=7, msg=None)
Test that *first* and *second* are approximately equal by computing the
difference, rounding to the given number of decimal *places* (default 7),
@@ -668,8 +668,8 @@
:meth:`failUnlessAlmostEqual`.
- .. method:: assertNotAlmostEqual(first, second, *, places=7, msg=None)
- failIfAlmostEqual(first, second, *, places=7, msg=None)
+ .. method:: assertNotAlmostEqual(first, second, places=7, msg=None)
+ failIfAlmostEqual(first, second, places=7, msg=None)
Test that *first* and *second* are not approximately equal by computing
the difference, rounding to the given number of decimal *places* (default
diff --git a/Lib/unittest.py b/Lib/unittest.py
index c27fac1..ea9f5f6 100644
--- a/Lib/unittest.py
+++ b/Lib/unittest.py
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@
msg = self._formatMessage(msg, '%r == %r' % (first, second))
raise self.failureException(msg)
- def assertAlmostEqual(self, first, second, *, places=7, msg=None):
+ def assertAlmostEqual(self, first, second, places=7, msg=None):
"""Fail if the two objects are unequal as determined by their
difference rounded to the given number of decimal places
(default 7) and comparing to zero.
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@
msg = self._formatMessage(msg, standardMsg)
raise self.failureException(msg)
- def assertNotAlmostEqual(self, first, second, *, places=7, msg=None):
+ def assertNotAlmostEqual(self, first, second, places=7, msg=None):
"""Fail if the two objects are equal as determined by their
difference rounded to the given number of decimal places
(default 7) and comparing to zero.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index d690318..30eb825 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -143,6 +143,9 @@
Library
-------
+- The keyword only restriction for the places argument in
+ unittest.TestCase.assert[Not]AlmostEqual methods has been removed.
+
- Issue 6706: asyncore accept() method no longer raises EWOULDBLOCK/ECONNABORTED
on incomplete connection attempt but returns None instead.