--- a/Lib/test/test_epoll.py Fri Feb 07 17:53:13 2014 +0100 +++ b/Lib/test/test_epoll.py Fri Feb 07 23:40:05 2014 +0200 @@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ ep = select.epoll(16) except OSError as e: raise AssertionError(str(e)) - self.assertTrue(ep.fileno() > 0, ep.fileno()) - self.assertTrue(not ep.closed) + self.assertGreater(ep.fileno(), 0) + self.assertFalse(ep.closed) ep.close() self.assertTrue(ep.closed) self.assertRaises(ValueError, ep.fileno)