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Using the dedicated assertNull() assertion instead of assertSame( null, $actual ) clarifies intent and produces more descriptive failure messages.

Trac ticket: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/64894


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Using the dedicated `null` assertion clarifies intent and produces more descriptive failure messages.
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pento pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Aug 9, 2026
Using the dedicated `assertNull()` assertion instead of `assertSame( null, $actual )` clarifies intent and produces more descriptive failure messages.

Developed in #12818.

Follow-up to r62969.

Props Soean.
See #64894.

git-svn-id: https://develop.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@63161 602fd350-edb4-49c9-b593-d223f7449a82
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Thanks for the PR! Merged in r63161.

markjaquith pushed a commit to markjaquith/WordPress that referenced this pull request Aug 9, 2026
Using the dedicated `assertNull()` assertion instead of `assertSame( null, $actual )` clarifies intent and produces more descriptive failure messages.

Developed in WordPress/wordpress-develop#12818.

Follow-up to r62969.

Props Soean.
See #64894.
Built from https://develop.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@63161


git-svn-id: http://core.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@62360 1a063a9b-81f0-0310-95a4-ce76da25c4cd
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Soean deleted the tests/use-assert-null branch August 10, 2026 06:50
DanielHudson2 pushed a commit to DanielHudson2/wordpress-develop that referenced this pull request Aug 10, 2026
Using the dedicated `assertNull()` assertion instead of `assertSame( null, $actual )` clarifies intent and produces more descriptive failure messages.

Developed in WordPress#12818.

Follow-up to r62969.

Props Soean.
See #64894.

git-svn-id: https://develop.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@63161 602fd350-edb4-49c9-b593-d223f7449a82
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