[issue46081] Document the msg argument for assertRaises

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[issue46081] Document the msg argument for assertRaises

Ram Rachum added the comment: I disagree but I guess I'm in the minority here, so I'll close this issue. -- stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ _

[issue46081] Document the msg argument for assertRaises

Raymond Hettinger added the comment: I concur with Eric that the current presentation is reasonable and better than adding boilerplate to every entry. It suffices that the docs cover the *msg* argument once and that each entry includes *msg* in its signature. Elsewhere in the docs we also

[issue46081] Document the msg argument for assertRaises

Ram Rachum added the comment: I'd include that same message you quoted, minus the list of functions, on each and every one of the functions that have this argument. -- ___ Python tracker ___

[issue46081] Document the msg argument for assertRaises

Eric V. Smith added the comment: Suggestions to improve it are welcomed. I can't think of a way to do it without cluttering things up. -- ___ Python tracker ___ _

[issue46081] Document the msg argument for assertRaises

Ram Rachum added the comment: Thanks, but people looking at a specific function might not guess that the documentation for one of its arguments is hiding somewhere on the long page. This is especially relevant with a confusing argument like `msg`, since it's tempting to think that this would

[issue46081] Document the msg argument for assertRaises

Eric V. Smith added the comment: The documentation at https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.html says "All the assert methods accept a msg argument that, if specified, is used as the error message on failure (see also longMessage). Note that the msg keyword argument can be passed to ass

[issue46081] Document the msg argument for assertRaises

Change by Alex Waygood : -- versions: -Python 3.6, Python 3.7, Python 3.8 ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list

[issue46081] Document the msg argument for assertRaises

New submission from Ram Rachum : The `msg` argument to the `assertRaises` function isn't documented. The documentation should say what this argument does. -- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 408587 nosy: cool-RR, docs@python priority: normal severity: normal st