name : selfdescribingvalue.py import warnings from typing import Any from hamcrest.core.description import Description from hamcrest.core.selfdescribing import SelfDescribing __author__ = "Jon Reid" __copyright__ = "Copyright 2011 hamcrest.org" __license__ = "BSD, see License.txt" class SelfDescribingValue(SelfDescribing): """Wrap any value in a ``SelfDescribingValue`` to satisfy the :py:class:`~hamcrest.core.selfdescribing.SelfDescribing` interface. **Deprecated:** No need for this class now that :py:meth:`~hamcrest.core.description.Description.append_description_of` handles any type of value. """ def __init__(self, value: Any) -> None: warnings.warn("SelfDescribingValue no longer needed", DeprecationWarning) self.value = value def describe_to(self, description: Description) -> None: """Generates a description of the value.""" description.append_description_of(self.value)