status of Programming by Contract (PEP 316)?

[Michele Simionato]

On Aug 29, 8:45 am, Russ <uymqlp... at sneakemail.com> wrote:
> I get the strong impression you don't really understand what
> programming by contract is.
>
> I have not yet personally used it, but I am interested in anything
> that can help to make my programs more reliable. If you are
> programming something that doesn't really need to be correct, than you
> probably don't need it. But if you really need (or want) your software
> to be correct and reliable as possible, I think you you should be
> interested in it. You might want to read this:
>
> http://archive.eiffel.com/doc/manuals/technology/contract/ariane/page...

That paper contains only a good think: a link to the contrarian view
http://home.flash.net/~kennieg/ariane.html#s3.1.5