From: Gavin Sinclair Date: 2003-02-18T12:03:00+09:00 Subject: Re: [Q] Test::Unit On Tuesday, February 18, 2003, 9:31:46 AM, Brian wrote: > assert(result==8, "Oops! I can't add!") Or, assert_equal(8, result, "Oops! I can't add!") The purpose of the more specific method is so that Test::Unit knows what you're actually asserting, so can print a sensible error message (and thus you don't need to provide one). Gavin