Use pytest.raises for brevity and clarity of purpose.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/pkg_resources/tests/test_resources.py b/pkg_resources/tests/test_resources.py
index 9c1eaeec..a55478a2 100644
--- a/pkg_resources/tests/test_resources.py
+++ b/pkg_resources/tests/test_resources.py
@@ -298,9 +298,8 @@ class TestEntryPoints:
     reject_specs = "foo", "x=a:b:c", "q=x/na", "fez=pish:tush-z", "x=f[a]>2"
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("reject_spec", reject_specs)
     def test_reject_spec(self, reject_spec):
-        try: EntryPoint.parse(reject_spec)
-        except ValueError: pass
-        else: raise AssertionError("Should've been bad", reject_spec)
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+            EntryPoint.parse(reject_spec)
 
     def test_printable_name(self):
         """