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Title: Align expected and actual calls on mock.assert_called_with error message
Type: enhancement Stage: resolved
Components: Library (Lib) Versions: Python 3.8
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Status: closed Resolution: fixed
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: Nosy List: Adnan Umer, cheryl.sabella, cjw296, lisroach, mariocj89, michael.foord, suhearsawho, taleinat, terry.reedy, xtreak
Priority: normal Keywords: patch, patch, patch, patch

Created on 2018-12-14 18:45 by xtreak, last changed 2022-04-11 14:59 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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PR 11804 merged python-dev, 2019-02-09 23:41
Messages (16)
msg331849 - (view) Author: Karthikeyan Singaravelan (xtreak) * (Python committer) Date: 2018-12-14 18:45
Currently, assert_called_with has expected calls list in the same line with AssertionError that causes the visualizing the difference to be hard. It will be great if Expected call occurs on the next line so that the diff is improved. The change has to be made at https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/f8e9bd568adf85c1e4aea1dda542a96b027797e2/Lib/unittest/mock.py#L749 .

from unittest import mock

m = mock.Mock()
m(1, 2)
m.assert_called_with(2, 3)

Current output : 

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/bar.py", line 5, in <module>
    m.assert_called_with(2, 3)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/unittest/mock.py", line 820, in assert_called_with
    raise AssertionError(_error_message()) from cause
AssertionError: Expected call: mock(2, 3)
Actual call: mock(1, 2)

Proposed output : 

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/bar.py", line 5, in <module>
    m.assert_called_with(2, 3)
  File "/Users/karthikeyansingaravelan/stuff/python/cpython/Lib/unittest/mock.py", line 827, in assert_called_with
    raise AssertionError(_error_message()) from cause
AssertionError:
Expected call: mock(2, 3)
Actual call: mock(1, 2)

Some more alignment with the call list starting in the same column

AssertionError:
Expected call: mock(2, 3)
Actual call:   mock(1, 2)


Originally reported in the GitHub repo at https://github.com/testing-cabal/mock/issues/424 . PR for this was closed since GitHub is used only for backporting (https://github.com/testing-cabal/mock/pull/425). I thought to report it here for discussion. Currently call list output is as per proposed output.

AssertionError: Calls not found.
Expected: [call(1, 2, 3)]
Actual: [call(1, 2)].
msg331909 - (view) Author: Mario Corchero (mariocj89) * (Python triager) Date: 2018-12-15 22:27
Makes sense!

I'd not align them though but that might be my view as I generally don't like aligning text like that.

Also if you feel that the exceptions read "weird" with the first sentence is empty, an option might be to say the calls don't match, to make it symmetric with the assert_calls message. Example:


Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/bar.py", line 5, in <module>
    m.assert_called_with(2, 3)
  File "/Users/karthikeyansingaravelan/stuff/python/cpython/Lib/unittest/mock.py", line 827, in assert_called_with
    raise AssertionError(_error_message()) from cause
AssertionError: Expected call not found.
Expected call: mock(2, 3)
Actual call: mock(1, 2)

This way all error reports give you the issue in the first line of the message and further details in the next lines.
msg331916 - (view) Author: Karthikeyan Singaravelan (xtreak) * (Python committer) Date: 2018-12-16 05:05
Thanks Mario for the feedback. The alignment was just a personal preference of mine. I agree with you on adding "Expected call not found" next to AssertionError. I will wait if others have more feedback on this before proceeding on the PR.
msg332302 - (view) Author: Terry J. Reedy (terry.reedy) * (Python committer) Date: 2018-12-21 21:41
We don't usually wrap error messages, but this is plausible.  With the addition to the first line, we don't need to repeat 'call'.  We can line things up without violating the PEP 8 recommendation against doing so with spaces.  Also, the convention is to not capitolize the phrase after ':'.

AssertionError: expected call not found.
Expect: mock(2, 3)
Actual: mock(1, 2)
msg332303 - (view) Author: Karthikeyan Singaravelan (xtreak) * (Python committer) Date: 2018-12-21 22:00
Thanks for the feedback. I personally prefer 'expected' than 'expect' though it comes at the cost that this cannot be aligned with 'actual'. Other places use 'expected' and it reads more natural in test case scenarios.
msg332893 - (view) Author: Tal Einat (taleinat) * (Python committer) Date: 2019-01-02 20:34
Perhaps "expected" and "observed" or "detected"?
msg332900 - (view) Author: Terry J. Reedy (terry.reedy) * (Python committer) Date: 2019-01-02 23:43
"Expected" and "Observed" seem good.  I like "Received" slightly better, but would not argue with PR author.  It depends on whether one anthropomorphizes the assert function (or test machinery) as saying 'I expected to see' or 'I expected to get'.
msg334516 - (view) Author: Cheryl Sabella (cheryl.sabella) * (Python committer) Date: 2019-01-29 13:48
@xtreak, were you going to submit a pull request for this or do you think this would be a 'good first issue' for a new contributor?
msg334521 - (view) Author: Karthikeyan Singaravelan (xtreak) * (Python committer) Date: 2019-01-29 14:14
Cheryl, this is a good first issue for new contributor. I was waiting for suggestion and I am not sure if there is a consensus over the format. I would like to go with the below format as per suggestion from Mario and Terry.

AssertionError: expected call not found.
Expected: mock(2, 3)
Actual: mock(1, 2)

test_assert_called_with_failure_message has to be fixed as a result of this change. Feel free to mark it as an easy issue.

Thanks
msg335142 - (view) Author: Tal Einat (taleinat) * (Python committer) Date: 2019-02-10 07:16
Karthikeyan, what do you think of the suggestions by Terry and myself to achieve alignment by replacing the word "Actual" with a longer alternative, such as "Observed" or "Received"?
msg335143 - (view) Author: Karthikeyan Singaravelan (xtreak) * (Python committer) Date: 2019-02-10 07:33
I think "Actual" is more consistent with other error messages like assert_has_calls. I haven't seen usage of observed or received in error messages and hence my opinion on using expected and actual though they are not visually aligned. I don't have a strong opinion on this. I will leave it to the maintainer who wants to merge this change and I am fine as long as the calls are represented on separate lines which is a good improvement over current format.

>>> m.assert_has_calls(mock.call(1))
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/Users/karthikeyansingaravelan/stuff/python/cpython/Lib/unittest/mock.py", line 857, in assert_has_calls
    raise AssertionError(
AssertionError: Calls not found.
Expected: ['', (1,), {}]
Actual: [call(1), call(2)].
msg335145 - (view) Author: Tal Einat (taleinat) * (Python committer) Date: 2019-02-10 08:17
After more thought, I agree that it isn't worth changing the current wording from "Actual" to something else.
msg335391 - (view) Author: Susan Su (suhearsawho) * Date: 2019-02-13 07:43
After taking a look at the assert_called_with function, I noticed that the formatting is inconsistent for the following case:
from unittest import mock

m = mock.Mock()
a = [1, 2, 3, 4]
m.assert_called_with(*a)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/vagrant/cpython/Lib/unittest/mock.py", line 817, in assert_called_with
    raise AssertionError('Expected call: %s\nNot called' % (expected,))
AssertionError: Expected call: mock(1, 2, 3)
Not called


If you believe it would be appropriate, I would like to change the format of the code above to the following:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/vagrant/cpython/Lib/unittest/mock.py", line 817, in assert_called_with
    raise AssertionError(
AssertionError: expected call not found.
Expected: mock(1, 2, 3, 4)
Not called

This way, we would create consistency in our output.
msg335394 - (view) Author: Tal Einat (taleinat) * (Python committer) Date: 2019-02-13 09:03
Susan, I agree that similarly improving the failure message for assert_called_with would be good.

I find the final "Not called" line unclear, though. Perhaps something like the following:

AssertionError: expected call not found.
Expected: mock(1, 2, 3, 4)
Actual: Not called
msg335491 - (view) Author: Lisa Roach (lisroach) * (Python committer) Date: 2019-02-14 02:22
New changeset 2bdd5858e3f89555c8de73a0f307d63536129dbd by Lisa Roach (Susan Su) in branch 'master':
bpo-35500: align expected and actual calls on mock.assert_called_with error message. (GH-11804)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/2bdd5858e3f89555c8de73a0f307d63536129dbd
msg335759 - (view) Author: Tal Einat (taleinat) * (Python committer) Date: 2019-02-17 07:59
Thanks everyone for seeing this through!
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