From: Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 10:36:30 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Make test_math error messages more meaningful for small discrepancies in results
X-Git-Tag: v2.6a1~1539
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ec2ce9bbaeb9d21fe0390fea7dca8e04be526a23;p=python

Make test_math error messages more meaningful for small discrepancies in results
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diff --git a/Lib/test/test_math.py b/Lib/test/test_math.py
index 699c621bcc..d86298d01b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_math.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_math.py
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ class MathTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def ftest(self, name, value, expected):
         if abs(value-expected) > eps:
-            self.fail('%s returned %f, expected %f'%\
+            # Use %r instead of %f so the error message
+            # displays full precision. Otherwise discrepancies
+            # in the last few bits will lead to very confusing
+            # error messages
+            self.fail('%s returned %r, expected %r' %
                       (name, value, expected))
 
     def testConstants(self):