From: Matt Armstrong <matt@...>
Date: 2003-02-07T00:52:38+09:00
Subject: Re: Return values from assertions

<nathaniel@NOSPAMtalbott.ws> writes:

> Matt Armstrong [mailto:matt@lickey.com] wrote:
>
>> I've often wondered how useful assert_no_exception actually 
>> is, given that the framework reports uncaught exceptions anyway.
>
> The only advantage I see is if you wanted a particular exception
> that could be thrown to show up as a failure instead of an
> error. This can be particularly useful if you want to add an
> assertion message if/when that exception is thrown.

That hits the crux of my question -- the only practical difference
between a failure and an error is that the error can have a nice error
message?