On Tuesday, February 18, 2003, 9:31:46 AM, Brian wrote:

>     assert(result==8, "Oops! I can't add!")

Or,
      assert_equal(8, result, "Oops! I can't add!")

The purpose of the more specific method is so that Test::Unit knows
what you're actually asserting, so can print a sensible error message
(and thus you don't need to provide one).

Gavin