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@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ Python style
"""
...
+* In tests, use :meth:`~django.test.SimpleTestCase.assertRaisesMessage` instead
+ of :meth:`~unittest.TestCase.assertRaises` so you can check the exception
+ message. Use :meth:`~unittest.TestCase.assertRaisesRegex`
+ (``six.assertRaisesRegex()`` as long as we support Python 2) only if you need
+ to use regular expression matching.
+
Imports
-------