[Python-ideas] Making assert raise a different exception type

[cool-RR]

Right. The reason I want it in an `assert` is to make use of the `-o` tag.
And I would prefer to raise a more informative exception than
AssertionError.

On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 6:52 PM, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:

> I don't think so. You can already write
>
> if not some_false_condition:
>  raise ValueError("Message")
>
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 9:16 AM, cool-RR <cool-rr at cool-rr.com> wrote:
> > Hello!
> >
> > I would have liked to do something like this:
> >
> > assert some_false_condition, ValueError("Message")
> >
> > Meaning that if the assertion fails, the ValueError is raised instead of
> > AssertionError. Do you think it's something that has a chance of being
> > implemented? If so, I will write a PEP.
> >
> > Ram.
> >
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-- 
Sincerely,
Ram Rachum
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