assert-raises-exception (B017)
Derived from the flake8-bugbear linter.
What it does
Checks for assertRaises and pytest.raises context managers that catch
Exception or BaseException.
Why is this bad?
These forms catch every Exception, which can lead to tests passing even
if, e.g., the code under consideration raises a SyntaxError or
IndentationError.
Either assert for a more specific exception (builtin or custom), or use
assertRaisesRegex or pytest.raises(..., match=<REGEX>) respectively.
Example
Use instead: