Stop duplicating `nt.assert*` in `IPython.testing.tools`.

IPython/core/tests/test_magic.py

@@ -484,7 +484,7 b' def test_extension():'
         _ip.user_ns.pop('arq', None)
         invalidate_caches()   # Clear import caches
         _ip.magic("load_ext daft_extension")
-        tt.assert_equal(_ip.user_ns['arq'], 185)
+        nt.assert_equal(_ip.user_ns['arq'], 185)
         _ip.magic("unload_ext daft_extension")
         assert 'arq' not in _ip.user_ns
     finally:

IPython/core/tests/test_run.py

@@ -132,7 +132,7 b' class TestMagicRunPass(tt.TempFileMixin):'
         bid1 = id(_ip.user_ns['__builtins__'])
         self.run_tmpfile()
         bid2 = id(_ip.user_ns['__builtins__'])
-        tt.assert_equals(bid1, bid2)
+        nt.assert_equal(bid1, bid2)
 
     def test_builtins_type(self):
         """Check that the type of __builtins__ doesn't change with %run.
@@ -143,7 +143,7 b' class TestMagicRunPass(tt.TempFileMixin):'
         """
         _ip = get_ipython()
         self.run_tmpfile()
-        tt.assert_equals(type(_ip.user_ns['__builtins__']),type(sys))
+        nt.assert_equal(type(_ip.user_ns['__builtins__']),type(sys))
 
     def test_prompts(self):
         """Test that prompts correctly generate after %run"""
@@ -206,7 +206,7 b' class TestMagicRunSimple(tt.TempFileMixin):'
         self.mktmp(py3compat.doctest_refactor_print(src))
         _ip.magic('run %s' % self.fname)
         _ip.run_cell('ip == get_ipython()')
-        tt.assert_equals(_ip.user_ns['i'], 5)
+        nt.assert_equal(_ip.user_ns['i'], 5)
 
     @dec.skip_win32
     def test_tclass(self):
@@ -236,15 +236,15 b' tclass.py: deleting object: C-third'
         self.mktmp(src)
         _ip.run_cell("zz = 23")
         _ip.magic('run -i %s' % self.fname)
-        tt.assert_equals(_ip.user_ns['yy'], 23)
+        nt.assert_equal(_ip.user_ns['yy'], 23)
         _ip.magic('reset -f')
         _ip.run_cell("zz = 23")
         _ip.magic('run -i %s' % self.fname)
-        tt.assert_equals(_ip.user_ns['yy'], 23)
+        nt.assert_equal(_ip.user_ns['yy'], 23)
     
     def test_unicode(self):
         """Check that files in odd encodings are accepted."""
         mydir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
         na = os.path.join(mydir, 'nonascii.py')
         _ip.magic('run "%s"' % na)
-        tt.assert_equals(_ip.user_ns['u'], u'Ўт№Ф')
+        nt.assert_equal(_ip.user_ns['u'], u'Ўт№Ф')

IPython/testing/tools.py

@@ -1,10 +1,5 b''
 """Generic testing tools.
 
-In particular, this module exposes a set of top-level assert* functions that
-can be used in place of nose.tools.assert* in method generators (the ones in
-nose can not, at least as of nose 0.10.4).
-
-
 Authors
 -------
 - Fernando Perez <[e-mail]>
@@ -51,22 +46,6 b' from . import decorators as dec'
 from . import skipdoctest
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Globals
-#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-# Make a bunch of nose.tools assert wrappers that can be used in test
-# generators.  This will expose an assert* function for each one in nose.tools.
-
-_tpl = """
-def %(name)s(*a,**kw):
-    return nt.%(name)s(*a,**kw)
-"""
-
-if has_nose:
-    for _x in [a for a in dir(nt) if a.startswith('assert')]:
-        exec _tpl % dict(name=_x)
-
-#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Functions and classes
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------