print success messages for asserts in python

Question

I am using assert in python. Every time an assert fails I get the failure message which I would have put there to be printed. I was wondering if there is a way to print a cu

Answer 1

If you are really feeling adventurous, you can just write your own extensible assert wrapper - with which you can count the number of asserts failed or add functionality like testing in quiet or verbose modes eg:

def assert(condition, fail_str, suc_str):
     if condition:
          print fail_str
     else:
          num_tests_passed = num_tests_passed + 1
          if verbose_enabled:
              print suc_str