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 - Fix issue #411: Add __eq__ method to assertion comparison example.
   Thanks Ben Webb.
 
-- fix issue 877: propperly handle assertion explanations with non-ascii repr
+- fix issue 877: properly handle assertion explanations with non-ascii repr
   Thanks Mathieu Agopian for the report and Ronny Pfannschmidt for the PR.