Raise TypeError for with raises(..., match=<non-None falsey value>).

Author: asottile

changelog/4538.bugfix.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Raise ``TypeError`` for ``with raises(..., match=<non-None falsey value>)``.

src/_pytest/python_api.py

@@ -716,6 +716,6 @@ def __exit__(self, *tp):
         suppress_exception = issubclass(self.excinfo.type, self.expected_exception)
         if sys.version_info[0] == 2 and suppress_exception:
             sys.exc_clear()
-        if self.match_expr and suppress_exception:
+        if self.match_expr is not None and suppress_exception:
             self.excinfo.match(self.match_expr)
         return suppress_exception

testing/python/raises.py

@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ def __call__(self):
         except pytest.raises.Exception:
             pass
 
+    def test_raises_falsey_type_error(self):
+        with pytest.raises(TypeError):
+            with pytest.raises(AssertionError, match=0):
+                raise AssertionError("ohai")
+
     def test_raises_repr_inflight(self):
         """Ensure repr() on an exception info inside a pytest.raises with block works (#4386)"""