test_assertion.py

from nose.tools import eq_, assert_equal

a = [1, 2, 3]
b = [1, 5, 3]

def test_eq():
    eq_(a, b)

def test_assert_equal():
    assert_equal(a, b)

"""
nose.config: INFO: Ignoring files matching ['^\\.', '^_', '^setup\\.py$']
test_assertion.test_eq ... FAIL
test_assertion.test_assert_equal ... FAIL

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FAIL: test_assertion.test_eq
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/kauli/common/python27/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nose/case.py", line 197, in runTest
    self.test(*self.arg)
  File "/kauli/dsp/test_assertion.py", line 7, in test_eq
    eq_(a, b)
AssertionError: [1, 2, 3] != [1, 5, 3]

======================================================================
FAIL: test_assertion.test_assert_equal
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/kauli/common/python27/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nose/case.py", line 197, in runTest
    self.test(*self.arg)
  File "/kauli/dsp/test_assertion.py", line 10, in test_assert_equal
    assert_equal(a, b)
AssertionError: Lists differ: [1, 2, 3] != [1, 5, 3]

First differing element 1:
2
5

- [1, 2, 3]
?     ^

+ [1, 5, 3]
?     ^


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Ran 2 tests in 0.001s

FAILED (failures=2)
"""