equal_to behaves badly with bytes

[oconnor663]

assert_that(b'foo', equal_to(b'bar')) should fail cleanly, but instead it hits a TypeError inside hamcrest.

Python 3.4.3 (default, Mar 25 2015, 17:13:50) 
[GCC 4.9.2 20150304 (prerelease)] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from hamcrest import *
>>> assert_that(b'foo', equal_to(b'bar'))
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/home/jacko/.local/lib/python3.4/site-packages/hamcrest/core/assert_that.py", line 43, in assert_that
    _assert_match(actual=arg1, matcher=arg2, reason=arg3)
  File "/home/jacko/.local/lib/python3.4/site-packages/hamcrest/core/assert_that.py", line 53, in _assert_match
    .append_description_of(matcher)  \
  File "/home/jacko/.local/lib/python3.4/site-packages/hamcrest/core/base_description.py", line 25, in append_description_of
    value.describe_to(self)
  File "/home/jacko/.local/lib/python3.4/site-packages/hamcrest/core/core/isequal.py", line 21, in describe_to
    description.append_description_of(self.object)
  File "/home/jacko/.local/lib/python3.4/site-packages/hamcrest/core/base_description.py", line 29, in append_description_of
    self.append_string_in_python_syntax(value)
  File "/home/jacko/.local/lib/python3.4/site-packages/hamcrest/core/base_description.py", line 78, in append_string_in_python_syntax
    self.append(character_in_python_syntax(ch))
  File "/home/jacko/.local/lib/python3.4/site-packages/hamcrest/core/string_description.py", line 34, in append
    self.out += string
TypeError: Can't convert 'int' object to str implicitly

[offbyone]

Damn, that's ugly. I'll see what I can do to resolve that. Thanks.

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Chris
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On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 12:00 PM, oconnor663 [email protected]
wrote:

assert_that(b'foo', equal_to(b'bar')) should fail cleanly, but instead it hits a TypeError inside hamcrest.

Python 3.4.3 (default, Mar 25 2015, 17:13:50) 
[GCC 4.9.2 20150304 (prerelease)] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from hamcrest import *
>>> assert_that(b'foo', equal_to(b'bar'))
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/home/jacko/.local/lib/python3.4/site-packages/hamcrest/core/assert_that.py", line 43, in assert_that
    _assert_match(actual=arg1, matcher=arg2, reason=arg3)
  File "/home/jacko/.local/lib/python3.4/site-packages/hamcrest/core/assert_that.py", line 53, in _assert_match
    .append_description_of(matcher)  \
  File "/home/jacko/.local/lib/python3.4/site-packages/hamcrest/core/base_description.py", line 25, in append_description_of
    value.describe_to(self)
  File "/home/jacko/.local/lib/python3.4/site-packages/hamcrest/core/core/isequal.py", line 21, in describe_to
    description.append_description_of(self.object)
  File "/home/jacko/.local/lib/python3.4/site-packages/hamcrest/core/base_description.py", line 29, in append_description_of
    self.append_string_in_python_syntax(value)
  File "/home/jacko/.local/lib/python3.4/site-packages/hamcrest/core/base_description.py", line 78, in append_string_in_python_syntax
    self.append(character_in_python_syntax(ch))
  File "/home/jacko/.local/lib/python3.4/site-packages/hamcrest/core/string_description.py", line 34, in append
    self.out += string
TypeError: Can't convert 'int' object to str implicitly

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[offbyone]

Fixed & released as 1.8.3