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Author giampaolo.rodola
Recipients giampaolo.rodola
Date 2017-04-27.20:12:42
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When comparing 2 numbers as "self.assertAlmostEqual(a, b, delta=1000)" the error message looks like this:

    AssertionError: 27332885 != 27391120 within 1000 delta

Especially when a and b are big numbers or differ a lot, it would be useful to see the absolute difference between the 2 numbers as in:

    AssertionError: 27332885 != 27391120 within 1000 delta (58235 difference)
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2017-04-27 20:12:42giampaolo.rodolasetmessageid: <1493323962.23.0.575947649634.issue30190@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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