Replaced use of TestCase.fail() with assertRaises().

Also removed try/except/fail antipattern that hides exceptions.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/tests/check_framework/tests.py b/tests/check_framework/tests.py
index 6e4115140a..e57e824ecb 100644
--- a/tests/check_framework/tests.py
+++ b/tests/check_framework/tests.py
@@ -224,10 +224,7 @@ class SilencingCheckTests(SimpleTestCase):
     def test_silenced_error(self):
         out = StringIO()
         err = StringIO()
-        try:
-            call_command('check', stdout=out, stderr=err)
-        except CommandError:
-            self.fail("The mycheck.E001 check should be silenced.")
+        call_command('check', stdout=out, stderr=err)
         self.assertEqual(out.getvalue(), 'System check identified no issues (1 silenced).\n')
         self.assertEqual(err.getvalue(), '')
 
@@ -236,11 +233,7 @@ class SilencingCheckTests(SimpleTestCase):
     def test_silenced_warning(self):
         out = StringIO()
         err = StringIO()
-        try:
-            call_command('check', stdout=out, stderr=err)
-        except CommandError:
-            self.fail("The mycheck.E001 check should be silenced.")
-
+        call_command('check', stdout=out, stderr=err)
         self.assertEqual(out.getvalue(), 'System check identified no issues (1 silenced).\n')
         self.assertEqual(err.getvalue(), '')