[2.7] bpo-36234: test_os: check TypeError for invalid uid type by vstinner · Pull Request #12235 · python/cpython
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why don't use context?
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Which context? Context of what?
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Sorry, something like this:
with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
os.setreuid(...)
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It's basically the same. Both variants are used in Python test suite. Here I just applied David's patch to make it upstream.