Charles Merriam wrote:
On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 2:01 PM, Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 1:51 PM, Mikhail Glushenkov
Why not make ``assert`` a built-in function then?
Because then it can't be disabled by the compiler in -O mode.
A reasonable conclusion, but needs better reasoning. One could
certainly do an:
assert_stmt ::= "assert" (expression ["," expression])
and implement it, when there isn't a -O, as:
__assert__(expression, message=None) # built-in
Hmm, having an __assert__ builtin might be nice regardless - easier to
have assertions in test suites that are executed regardless of -0,
instead of every different Python test suite having to include its own
function to wrap 'raise AssertionError(message)'.
Independently of that, changing assert to allow surrounding parentheses
(similar to the name list in a from module import name-list style import
statement) would also be convenient for longer expressions or error
messages.
Cheers,
Nick.
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