BUG: pandas-dev#6175 removed assert_ from test_base.py.

Author: Katie Atkinson

pandas/tests/test_base.py

@@ -99,10 +99,10 @@ def setUp(self):
 
     def test_shallow_copying(self):
         original = self.container.copy()
-        assert_isinstance(self.container.view(), FrozenNDArray)
-        self.assert_(not isinstance(self.container.view(np.ndarray), FrozenNDArray))
-        self.assert_(self.container.view() is not self.container)
-        self.assert_(np.array_equal(self.container, original))
+        self.assertIsInstance(self.container.view(), FrozenNDArray)
+        self.assertNotIsInstance(self.container.view(np.ndarray), FrozenNDArray)
+        self.assertIsNot(self.container.view(), self.container)
+        self.assert_numpy_array_equals(self.container, original)
         # shallow copy should be the same too
         assert_isinstance(self.container._shallow_copy(), FrozenNDArray)
         # setting should not be allowed
@@ -114,10 +114,10 @@ def test_values(self):
         original = self.container.view(np.ndarray).copy()
         n = original[0] + 15
         vals = self.container.values()
-        self.assert_(np.array_equal(original, vals))
-        self.assert_(original is not vals)
+        self.assert_numpy_array_equals(original, vals)
+        self.assertIsNot(original, vals)
         vals[0] = n
-        self.assert_(np.array_equal(self.container, original))
+        self.assert_numpy_array_equals(self.container, original)
         self.assertEqual(vals[0], n)