From: Charles Oliver Nutter <charles.nutter@...>
Date: 2009-04-05T16:11:15+09:00
Subject: Re: [Ann] Verify, a very basic testing tool.

Robert Dober wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 10:56 PM, Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@zenspider.com> wrote:
>> On Apr 3, 2009, at 13:02 , Robert Dober wrote:
>>
>>>       Verify do
>>>         verify do 42 end
>>>         verify_not do nil end
>>>         verify_exceptions NameError do abcdefghijk end
>>>       end
>> refute: same length as verify!
> Never heard of that word before, just checked it on Websters, thanx
> Ryan great idea.

Drat, I didn't explain it well, and a quick check shows that refute is 
"to disprove or to prove false", according to most dictionaries. I guess 
I just don't like it as an opposite of "assert". All the thesauruses 
I've checked list the antonyms of "assert" as "deny" and "reject", and 
the antonyms of "refute" as "demonstrate", "prove", "accept", or 
"embrace". There's a disconnect there I can't seem to remedy.

- Charlie