Aliases

The aliases module contains a set of matcher aliases that are commonly used when composing matchers and are not meant to be imported every time.

To use the aliases just import them:

from expects import *
from expects.aliases import *

expect([1, 2]).to(contain_exactly(an(int), 2))

The same code without using the an alias for the be_an matcher:

from expects import *

expect([1, 2]).to(contain_exactly(be_an(int), 2))

Reference

class expects.aliases.a(expected)
class expects.aliases.an(expected)
class expects.aliases.above(expected)
class expects.aliases.above_or_equal(expected)
class expects.aliases.below(expected)
class expects.aliases.below_or_equal(expected)