That was quick! Thanks Ian
On 23 May 2011 23:46, Ian Kelly <ian.g.ke...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 4:30 PM, Andrius <andriu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > and I am expecting test to pass, but I am getting exception: > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.testListNone[:1]) > > TypeError: 'NoneType' object is unsubscriptable > > > > I thought that assertRaises will pass since TypeError exception will > > be raised? > > The second argument to assertRaises must be a function that > assertRaises will call. assertRaises can't catch the error above > because it is raised when the argument is evaluated, before > assertRaises has even been called. > > This would work: > > self.assertRaises(TypeError, lambda: self.testListNone[:1]) > > Cheers, > Ian >
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