bipinprasad commented on a change in pull request #3274: URL: https://github.com/apache/storm/pull/3274#discussion_r433614432
########## File path: storm-server/src/main/java/org/apache/storm/daemon/nimbus/Nimbus.java ########## @@ -814,7 +814,12 @@ private static int numUsedWorkers(SchedulerAssignment assignment) { private boolean auditAssignmentChanges(Map<String, Assignment> existingAssignments, Map<String, Assignment> newAssignments) { - assert existingAssignments != null && newAssignments != null; + if (existingAssignments == null) { Review comment: Looked at this code more specifically. The asserts/preconditions seem superfluous. This method is private. first check is too late, i.e. already used multiple times before being passed, and the second param is instantiated before the call. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org