From 90e6eb95cf0372d95d166d0384bd77650cc36e43 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Frank Dellaert <dellaert@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 17:35:31 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Added GtsamTestCase

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 cython/gtsam/utils/test_case.py | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 cython/gtsam/utils/test_case.py

diff --git a/cython/gtsam/utils/test_case.py b/cython/gtsam/utils/test_case.py
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+++ b/cython/gtsam/utils/test_case.py
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+"""
+GTSAM Copyright 2010-2019, Georgia Tech Research Corporation,
+Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0415
+All Rights Reserved
+
+See LICENSE for the license information
+
+TestCase class with GTSAM assert utils.
+Author: Frank Dellaert
+"""
+import unittest
+
+
+class GtsamTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+    """TestCase class with GTSAM assert utils."""
+
+    def gtsamAssertEquals(self, actual, expected, tol=1e-9):
+        """ AssertEqual function that prints out actual and expected if not equal.
+            Usage:
+                self.gtsamAssertEqual(actual,expected)
+            Keyword Arguments:
+                tol {float} -- tolerance passed to 'equals', default 1e-9
+        """
+        equal = actual.equals(expected, tol)
+        if not equal:
+            raise self.failureException(
+                "Values are not equal:\n{}!={}".format(actual, expected))