Fix an invalid assertEqual() call in test_descr.py (GH-15318)

miss-islington · ZackerySpytz · web-flow · commit 31ce015db893 · 2019-08-26T15:59:18.000-07:00
(cherry picked from commit 6b2e325) Co-authored-by: Zackery Spytz <zspytz@gmail.com>
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_descr.py b/Lib/test/test_descr.py
@@ -2627,12 +2627,8 @@ def test(klass):
         self.assertEqual(Sub.test(), Base.aProp)
 
         # Verify that super() doesn't allow keyword args
-        try:
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
             super(Base, kw=1)
-        except TypeError:
-            pass
-        else:
-            self.assertEqual("super shouldn't accept keyword args")
 
     def test_basic_inheritance(self):
         # Testing inheritance from basic types...
