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| author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2008-09-21 07:15:59 (GMT) |
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| committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2008-09-21 07:15:59 (GMT) |
| commit | 4517323df82fb7fd6e8e30d9c6de3caa97f82e40 (patch) | |
| tree | f9eec060f9bc2d9c169e6e5413bfd2ecdc40ffaa /Doc | |
| parent | 2f3bd8364a754e3d11fb6e942852a99c628a0489 (diff) | |
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#3912: document default for *places* arg.
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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/unittest.rst | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/unittest.rst b/Doc/library/unittest.rst index 3f4a6ac..792a98e 100644 --- a/Doc/library/unittest.rst +++ b/Doc/library/unittest.rst @@ -595,7 +595,8 @@ failures. TestCase.failUnlessAlmostEqual(first, second[, places[, msg]]) Test that *first* and *second* are approximately equal by computing the - difference, rounding to the given number of *places*, and comparing to zero. + difference, rounding to the given number of decimal *places* (default 7), + and comparing to zero. Note that comparing a given number of decimal places is not the same as comparing a given number of significant digits. If the values do not compare equal, the test will fail with the explanation given by *msg*, or :const:`None`. @@ -605,7 +606,8 @@ failures. TestCase.failIfAlmostEqual(first, second[, places[, msg]]) Test that *first* and *second* are not approximately equal by computing the - difference, rounding to the given number of *places*, and comparing to zero. + difference, rounding to the given number of decimal *places* (default 7), + and comparing to zero. Note that comparing a given number of decimal places is not the same as comparing a given number of significant digits. If the values do not compare equal, the test will fail with the explanation given by *msg*, or :const:`None`. |