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`pytest.approx` for `self.assertAlmostEqual`

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Description

The replacement for self.assertAlmostEqual(3, 3.0) is round(abs(3 - 3.0), 7) == 0.

How about replacing it with pytest.approx(3) == 3.0 instead? [pytest docs]

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Start by locating the rewrite rule for self.assertAlmostEqual and the tests covering its current round(abs(...), 7) output. Update the behavior to produce pytest.approx for the shown case, then run the relevant conversion tests and confirm the generated assertion matches the requested form.

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python
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testing-qa
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Feature
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3/5
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