Issue #15836: assertRaises(), assertRaisesRegex(), assertWarns() and

assertWarnsRegex() assertments now check the type of the first argument
to prevent possible user error.  Based on patch by Daniel Wagner-Hall.

Lib/unittest/test/test_case.py

@@ -1185,6 +1185,18 @@ test case
         with self.assertRaises(ExceptionMock):
             self.assertRaises(ValueError, Stub)
 
+    def testAssertRaisesNoExceptionType(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            self.assertRaises()
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            self.assertRaises(1)
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            self.assertRaises(object)
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            self.assertRaises((ValueError, 1))
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            self.assertRaises((ValueError, object))
+
     def testAssertRaisesRegex(self):
         class ExceptionMock(Exception):
             pass
@@ -1258,6 +1270,20 @@ test case
         self.assertIsInstance(e, ExceptionMock)
         self.assertEqual(e.args[0], v)
 
+    def testAssertRaisesRegexNoExceptionType(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            self.assertRaisesRegex()
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError)
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            self.assertRaisesRegex(1, 'expect')
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            self.assertRaisesRegex(object, 'expect')
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            self.assertRaisesRegex((ValueError, 1), 'expect')
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            self.assertRaisesRegex((ValueError, object), 'expect')
+
     def testAssertWarnsCallable(self):
         def _runtime_warn():
             warnings.warn("foo", RuntimeWarning)
@@ -1336,6 +1362,20 @@ test case
                 with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
                     _runtime_warn()
 
+    def testAssertWarnsNoExceptionType(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            self.assertWarns()
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            self.assertWarns(1)
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            self.assertWarns(object)
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            self.assertWarns((UserWarning, 1))
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            self.assertWarns((UserWarning, object))
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            self.assertWarns((UserWarning, Exception))
+
     def testAssertWarnsRegexCallable(self):
         def _runtime_warn(msg):
             warnings.warn(msg, RuntimeWarning)
@@ -1414,6 +1454,22 @@ test case
                 with self.assertWarnsRegex(RuntimeWarning, "o+"):
                     _runtime_warn("barz")
 
+    def testAssertWarnsRegexNoExceptionType(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            self.assertWarnsRegex()
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            self.assertWarnsRegex(UserWarning)
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            self.assertWarnsRegex(1, 'expect')
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            self.assertWarnsRegex(object, 'expect')
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            self.assertWarnsRegex((UserWarning, 1), 'expect')
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            self.assertWarnsRegex((UserWarning, object), 'expect')
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            self.assertWarnsRegex((UserWarning, Exception), 'expect')
+
     @contextlib.contextmanager
     def assertNoStderr(self):
         with captured_stderr() as buf: