Closes #1041: Fix test suite to pass under Python 2.6.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/tests/test_string_asserts.py b/tests/test_string_asserts.py
index 0beed15c..90d81d67 100644
--- a/tests/test_string_asserts.py
+++ b/tests/test_string_asserts.py
@@ -17,23 +17,19 @@ class TestStringTests(StringTests, unittest.TestCase):
 
     # @unittest.expectedFailure not supported by nose
     def test_startswith_incorrect(self):
-        with self.assertRaises(AssertionError):
-            self.assertStartsWith("AAA", "B")
+        self.assertRaises(AssertionError, self.assertStartsWith, "AAA", "B")
 
     # @unittest.expectedFailure not supported by nose
     def test_startswith_short(self):
-        with self.assertRaises(AssertionError):
-            self.assertStartsWith("A", "AA")
+        self.assertRaises(AssertionError, self.assertStartsWith, "A", "AA")
 
     def test_endswith_correct(self):
         self.assertEndsWith("AAA", "A")
 
     # @unittest.expectedFailure not supported by nose
     def test_endswith_incorrect(self):
-        with self.assertRaises(AssertionError):
-            self.assertEndsWith("AAA", "B")
+        self.assertRaises(AssertionError, self.assertEndsWith, "AAA", "B")
 
     # @unittest.expectedFailure not supported by nose
     def test_endswith_short(self):
-        with self.assertRaises(AssertionError):
-            self.assertEndsWith("A", "AA")
+        self.assertRaises(AssertionError, self.assertEndsWith, "A", "AA")