New submission from Michael Foord <mich...@voidspace.org.uk>:

The unittest documentation, argument names and implementation need to be 
consistent about the order of (actual, expected) for TestCase.assert methods 
that take two arguments. 

This is particularly relevant for the methods that produce 'diffed' output on 
failure - as the order determines whether mismatched items are missing from the 
expected or additional to the expected.

The documentation, signatures and implementation of all two argument asserts 
need to be checked to ensure they are the same and implemented correctly.

Personally I prefer (actual, expected).

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assignee: michael.foord
components: Documentation, Library (Lib)
messages: 122752
nosy: michael.foord
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Consistency in unittest assert methods: order of actual, expected
versions: Python 3.2

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