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[Robert Collins <791889@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Changed in: testtools
       Status: New => Triaged

** Changed in: testtools
   Importance: Undecided => Wishlist

** Summary changed:

- The value_re argument for ExpectedException should be optional, and be a matcher instead
+ The value_re argument for ExpectedException only fits some situations

** Description changed:

- For compatibility, a str/unicode argument could be treated as a regular
- expression as it is now.
+ It would be nice to assume a default of '.*' (e.g., any exception of
+ that type), and to permit matchers rather than just regexes.
+ 
+ For compatibility, a str/unicode argument could automatically create a
+ regular expression matcher against the exception instance.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/791889

Title:
  The value_re argument for ExpectedException only fits some situations

Status in testtools:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  It would be nice to assume a default of '.*' (e.g., any exception of
  that type), and to permit matchers rather than just regexes.

  For compatibility, a str/unicode argument could automatically create a
  regular expression matcher against the exception instance.

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