I love assert

[Mark Lawrence]

On 11/11/2014 19:40, Peter Cacioppi wrote:
> I get the impression that most Pythonistas aren't as habituated with assert statements as I am. Is that just a misimpression on my part? If not, is there a good reason to assert less with Python than other languages?
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> As far as I can tell, Python supports assert perfectly well. When run with the optimization flagging, the asserts are truly removed.
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> I think one needs to take care with some basic assert coding - it's not a substitute for unit tests, it doesn't absolve you of normal exception responsibilities, and, most of all, it should be used for passive inspection and not action. But given these guidelines, I still find it very useful as "active comments".
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Please check this out 
https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2013-November/660401.html 
as it was released to critical acclaim :)

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My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask
what you can do for our language.

Mark Lawrence