If you liked the nice simple assert, you can get an imitation in Python tests using py.test: http://pytest.org/latest/assert.html http://pytest.org/latest/asser

If you liked the nice simple assert, you can get an imitation in Python tests using py.test: http://pytest.org/latest/assert.html http://pytest.org/latest/assert.html Source code: def test_function(): assert f() == 4 Output: def test_function(): > assert f() == 4 E assert 3 == 4 E + where 3 = f() Here's how it works: http://pytest.org/latest/assert.html#assert-details http://pytest.org/latest/assert.html#assert-details -- when importing the test module, all simple asserts are rewritten (which has some limitations if side effects are involved). No more verbose self.assertTheItemIsInThisList(item, list) at least.