Golang Basic Testing Helper

helper_test.go

package some_test

import (
	"testing"
)

// Credits to (Cory Jacobsen) from this file here https://github.com/unrolled/render/blob/7fc1b8f68b9beddc94385fd212c293caf729277a/render_test.go#L44 

/* Test Helper */
func expect(t *testing.T, a interface{}, b interface{}) {
	if a != b {
		t.Errorf("Expected ||%#v|| (type %v) - Got ||%#v|| (type %v)", b, reflect.TypeOf(b), a, reflect.TypeOf(a))
	}
}

func expectNil(t *testing.T, a interface{}) {
	if a != nil {
		t.Errorf("Expected ||nil|| - Got ||%#v|| (type %v)", a, reflect.TypeOf(a))
	}
}

func expectNotNil(t *testing.T, a interface{}) {
	if a == nil {
		t.Errorf("Expected ||not nil|| - Got ||nil|| (type %v)", reflect.TypeOf(a))
	}
}