From 4517323df82fb7fd6e8e30d9c6de3caa97f82e40 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Georg Brandl Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 07:15:59 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] #3912: document default for *places* arg. --- Doc/library/unittest.rst | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/unittest.rst b/Doc/library/unittest.rst index 3f4a6ac186a..792a98e8c71 100644 --- a/Doc/library/unittest.rst +++ b/Doc/library/unittest.rst @@ -595,7 +595,8 @@ failures. TestCase.failUnlessAlmostEqual(first, second[, places[, msg]]) Test that *first* and *second* are approximately equal by computing the - difference, rounding to the given number of *places*, and comparing to zero. + difference, rounding to the given number of decimal *places* (default 7), + and comparing to zero. Note that comparing a given number of decimal places is not the same as comparing a given number of significant digits. If the values do not compare equal, the test will fail with the explanation given by *msg*, or :const:`None`. @@ -605,7 +606,8 @@ failures. TestCase.failIfAlmostEqual(first, second[, places[, msg]]) Test that *first* and *second* are not approximately equal by computing the - difference, rounding to the given number of *places*, and comparing to zero. + difference, rounding to the given number of decimal *places* (default 7), + and comparing to zero. Note that comparing a given number of decimal places is not the same as comparing a given number of significant digits. If the values do not compare equal, the test will fail with the explanation given by *msg*, or :const:`None`.