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Author	martin.panter
Recipients	docs@python, ezio.melotti, martin.panter
Date	2017-05-08.08:50:09
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Message-id	<1494233409.78.0.688533240712.issue30304@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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In Mercurial revision 6e5b5d1b6714, the documentation for “assertMultiLineEqual” was changed from This method is used by default when comparing Unicode strings with “assertEqual”. to This method is used by default when comparing strings with “assertEqual”. The new text is misleading because “str” objects are also strings, but the default does not apply to “str” objects.

In Mercurial revision 6e5b5d1b6714, the documentation for “assertMultiLineEqual” was changed from

This method is used by default when comparing Unicode strings with “assertEqual”.

to

This method is used by default when comparing strings with “assertEqual”. 

The new text is misleading because “str” objects are also strings, but the default does not apply to “str” objects.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2017-05-08 08:50:09	martin.panter	set	recipients: + martin.panter, ezio.melotti, docs@python
2017-05-08 08:50:09	martin.panter	set	messageid: <1494233409.78.0.688533240712.issue30304@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2017-05-08 08:50:09	martin.panter	link	issue30304 messages
2017-05-08 08:50:09	martin.panter	create