From: Ron Jeffries <ronjeffries@...>
Date: 2006-09-22T10:55:06+09:00
Subject: Re: testunit message override?

On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 11:20:36 +0900, Logan Capaldo <logancapaldo@gmail.com>
wrote:

>> With the dates in a rather odd format, as you see above. Yet Date's to_s method
>> is perfectly reasonable.
>> 
>It's not calling Date#to_s, it's calling Date#inspect. I think you can
>do: 
>assert_equal( a = Date.new(2006, 4, 15), b = calc.disbursal_date,
>   "Expected Date of #{a}, got date of #{b}")

Ah. #inspect. I did know the trick of the message parm, but it still prints the
inspect anyway. I would have liked to be rid of it, or to have the code call
to_s. I suppose I could override inspect if I really care.

Thanks!

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