I love assert

[Ethan Furman]

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On 11/16/2014 06:09 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> Ethan Furman wrote:
>> On 11/14/2014 06:58 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>>> Ethan Furman wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> My point being:  a safety net that is so easily disabled does not count (IMHO) as a backup.
>>> 
>>> Assertions are not a backup or a safety net. [...]
>> 
>> Would you be happier if I phrased that as: Defensive programming techniques that can be unknowingly disabled by
>> the end-user aren't very helpful?
> 
> No.
> 
> You appear to be labouring under the misapprehension that assertion-based techniques (such as design by contract)
> are a technique for guarding against expected errors in (say) data.

I believe we are in violent agreement here.  My hissy-fit is not on the correct use of asserts, but their incorrect use.

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~Ethan~
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