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Added guidelines for assertIs() usage. #12243

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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/coding-style.txt
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and :meth:`~unittest.TestCase.assertWarnsRegex` only if you need regular
expression matching.

Use :meth:`assertIs(…, True/False)<unittest.TestCase.assertIs>` for testing
boolean values, rather than :meth:`~unittest.TestCase.assertTrue` and
:meth:`~unittest.TestCase.assertFalse`, so you can check the actual boolean
value, not the truthiness of the expression.

* In test docstrings, state the expected behavior that each test demonstrates.
Don't include preambles such as "Tests that" or "Ensures that".

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