TST: Check more error messages in tests

pandas/tests/frame/test_validate.py

@@ -1,34 +1,33 @@
 from pandas.core.frame import DataFrame
 
 import pytest
+import pandas.util.testing as tm
 
 
-class TestDataFrameValidate(object):
-    """Tests for error handling related to data types of method arguments."""
-    df = DataFrame({'a': [1, 2], 'b': [3, 4]})
-
-    def test_validate_bool_args(self):
-        # Tests for error handling related to boolean arguments.
-        invalid_values = [1, "True", [1, 2, 3], 5.0]
-
-        for value in invalid_values:
-            with pytest.raises(ValueError):
-                self.df.query('a > b', inplace=value)
-
-            with pytest.raises(ValueError):
-                self.df.eval('a + b', inplace=value)
+@pytest.fixture
+def dataframe():
+    return DataFrame({'a': [1, 2], 'b': [3, 4]})
 
-            with pytest.raises(ValueError):
-                self.df.set_index(keys=['a'], inplace=value)
 
-            with pytest.raises(ValueError):
-                self.df.reset_index(inplace=value)
-
-            with pytest.raises(ValueError):
-                self.df.dropna(inplace=value)
-
-            with pytest.raises(ValueError):
-                self.df.drop_duplicates(inplace=value)
+class TestDataFrameValidate(object):
+    """Tests for error handling related to data types of method arguments."""
 
-            with pytest.raises(ValueError):
-                self.df.sort_values(by=['a'], inplace=value)
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("func", ["query", "eval", "set_index",
+                                      "reset_index", "dropna",
+                                      "drop_duplicates", "sort_values"])
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("inplace", [1, "True", [1, 2, 3], 5.0])
+    def test_validate_bool_args(self, dataframe, func, inplace):
+        msg = "For argument \"inplace\" expected type bool"
+        kwargs = dict(inplace=inplace)
+
+        if func == "query":
+            kwargs["expr"] = "a > b"
+        elif func == "eval":
+            kwargs["expr"] = "a + b"
+        elif func == "set_index":
+            kwargs["keys"] = ["a"]
+        elif func == "sort_values":
+            kwargs["by"] = ["a"]
+
+        with tm.assert_raises_regex(ValueError, msg):
+            getattr(dataframe, func)(**kwargs)

pandas/tests/indexing/test_interval.py

@@ -109,10 +109,10 @@ def test_with_slices(self):
 
         # slice of interval
         with pytest.raises(NotImplementedError):
-            result = s.loc[Interval(3, 6):]
+            s.loc[Interval(3, 6):]
 
         with pytest.raises(NotImplementedError):
-            result = s[Interval(3, 6):]
+            s[Interval(3, 6):]
 
         expected = s.iloc[3:5]
         result = s[[Interval(3, 6)]]

pandas/tests/io/msgpack/test_except.py

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 # coding: utf-8
 
-import pytest
-
+from datetime import datetime
 from pandas.io.msgpack import packb, unpackb
 
+import pytest
+import pandas.util.testing as tm
+
 
 class DummyException(Exception):
     pass
@@ -12,12 +14,13 @@ class DummyException(Exception):
 class TestExceptions(object):
 
     def test_raise_on_find_unsupported_value(self):
-        import datetime
-        pytest.raises(TypeError, packb, datetime.datetime.now())
+        msg = "can\'t serialize datetime"
+        with tm.assert_raises_regex(TypeError, msg):
+            packb(datetime.now())
 
     def test_raise_from_object_hook(self):
-        def hook(obj):
-            raise DummyException
+        def hook(_):
+            raise DummyException()
 
         pytest.raises(DummyException, unpackb, packb({}), object_hook=hook)
         pytest.raises(DummyException, unpackb, packb({'fizz': 'buzz'}),
@@ -30,5 +33,7 @@ def hook(obj):
                       packb({'fizz': {'buzz': 'spam'}}),
                       object_pairs_hook=hook)
 
-    def test_invalidvalue(self):
-        pytest.raises(ValueError, unpackb, b'\xd9\x97#DL_')
+    def test_invalid_value(self):
+        msg = "Unpack failed: error"
+        with tm.assert_raises_regex(ValueError, msg):
+            unpackb(b"\xd9\x97#DL_")

pandas/tests/io/msgpack/test_limits.py

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # coding: utf-8
 from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function,
                         unicode_literals)
+from pandas.io.msgpack import packb, unpackb, Packer, Unpacker, ExtType
 
 import pytest
-
-from pandas.io.msgpack import packb, unpackb, Packer, Unpacker, ExtType
+import pandas.util.testing as tm
 
 
 class TestLimits(object):
@@ -39,7 +39,10 @@ def test_max_str_len(self):
 
         unpacker = Unpacker(max_str_len=2, encoding='utf-8')
         unpacker.feed(packed)
-        pytest.raises(ValueError, unpacker.unpack)
+
+        msg = "3 exceeds max_str_len"
+        with tm.assert_raises_regex(ValueError, msg):
+            unpacker.unpack()
 
     def test_max_bin_len(self):
         d = b'x' * 3
@@ -51,7 +54,10 @@ def test_max_bin_len(self):
 
         unpacker = Unpacker(max_bin_len=2)
         unpacker.feed(packed)
-        pytest.raises(ValueError, unpacker.unpack)
+
+        msg = "3 exceeds max_bin_len"
+        with tm.assert_raises_regex(ValueError, msg):
+            unpacker.unpack()
 
     def test_max_array_len(self):
         d = [1, 2, 3]
@@ -63,7 +69,10 @@ def test_max_array_len(self):
 
         unpacker = Unpacker(max_array_len=2)
         unpacker.feed(packed)
-        pytest.raises(ValueError, unpacker.unpack)
+
+        msg = "3 exceeds max_array_len"
+        with tm.assert_raises_regex(ValueError, msg):
+            unpacker.unpack()
 
     def test_max_map_len(self):
         d = {1: 2, 3: 4, 5: 6}
@@ -75,7 +84,10 @@ def test_max_map_len(self):
 
         unpacker = Unpacker(max_map_len=2)
         unpacker.feed(packed)
-        pytest.raises(ValueError, unpacker.unpack)
+
+        msg = "3 exceeds max_map_len"
+        with tm.assert_raises_regex(ValueError, msg):
+            unpacker.unpack()
 
     def test_max_ext_len(self):
         d = ExtType(42, b"abc")
@@ -87,4 +99,7 @@ def test_max_ext_len(self):
 
         unpacker = Unpacker(max_ext_len=2)
         unpacker.feed(packed)
-        pytest.raises(ValueError, unpacker.unpack)
+
+        msg = "4 exceeds max_ext_len"
+        with tm.assert_raises_regex(ValueError, msg):
+            unpacker.unpack()

pandas/tests/io/msgpack/test_sequnpack.py

@@ -1,28 +1,26 @@
 # coding: utf-8
 
-import pytest
-
 from pandas import compat
 from pandas.io.msgpack import Unpacker, BufferFull
 from pandas.io.msgpack import OutOfData
 
+import pytest
+import pandas.util.testing as tm
+
 
 class TestPack(object):
 
-    def test_partialdata(self):
+    def test_partial_data(self):
         unpacker = Unpacker()
-        unpacker.feed(b'\xa5')
-        pytest.raises(StopIteration, next, iter(unpacker))
-        unpacker.feed(b'h')
-        pytest.raises(StopIteration, next, iter(unpacker))
-        unpacker.feed(b'a')
-        pytest.raises(StopIteration, next, iter(unpacker))
-        unpacker.feed(b'l')
-        pytest.raises(StopIteration, next, iter(unpacker))
-        unpacker.feed(b'l')
-        pytest.raises(StopIteration, next, iter(unpacker))
-        unpacker.feed(b'o')
-        assert next(iter(unpacker)) == b'hallo'
+        msg = "No more data to unpack"
+
+        for data in [b"\xa5", b"h", b"a", b"l", b"l"]:
+            unpacker.feed(data)
+            with tm.assert_raises_regex(StopIteration, msg):
+                next(iter(unpacker))
+
+        unpacker.feed(b"o")
+        assert next(iter(unpacker)) == b"hallo"
 
     def test_foobar(self):
         unpacker = Unpacker(read_size=3, use_list=1)

pandas/tests/io/sas/test_sas.py

@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
-import pytest
-
 from pandas.compat import StringIO
 from pandas import read_sas
 
+import pandas.util.testing as tm
+
 
 class TestSas(object):
 
     def test_sas_buffer_format(self):
-
-        # GH14947
+        # see gh-14947
         b = StringIO("")
-        with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+
+        msg = ("If this is a buffer object rather than a string "
+               "name, you must specify a format string")
+        with tm.assert_raises_regex(ValueError, msg):
             read_sas(b)