Index: Lib/test/test_grammar.py
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--- Lib/test/test_grammar.py	(revision 80100)
+++ Lib/test/test_grammar.py	(working copy)
@@ -553,12 +553,30 @@
         assert 1, lambda x:x+1
         try:
             assert 0, "msg"
-        except AssertionError, e:
-            self.assertEqual(e.args[0], "msg")
+        except AssertionError as e:
+            self.assertEqual(str(e), "msg")
         else:
             if __debug__:
-                self.fail("AssertionError not raised by assert 0")
+                self.fail("AssertionError not raised by assert 0 with message")
+        
+        try:
+            assert False
+        except AssertionError as e:
+            self.assertEqual(str(e), "")
+        else:
+            if __debug__:
+                self.fail("AssertionError not raised by 'assert False'")
+        
+        try:
+            assert True
+        except AssertionError as e:
+            self.fail("'assert True' should not have raised an AssertionError")
 
+        try:
+            assert True, 'this should always pass'
+        except AssertionError as e:
+            self.fail("'assert True, msg' should not have raised an AssertionError")
+    
     ### compound_stmt: if_stmt | while_stmt | for_stmt | try_stmt | funcdef | classdef
     # Tested below