On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 5:26 PM, Barry Warsaw <ba...@python.org> wrote: > On Apr 28, 2011, at 10:22 AM, s...@pobox.com wrote: > >> Barry> I would agree. Use asserts for "this can't possibly happen >> Barry> <wink>" conditions. >> >>Without looking, I suspect that's probably what the author thought he was >>doing. > > BTW, I think it always helps to have a really good assert message, and/or a > leading comment to explain *why* that condition can't possibly happen.
why bother, it can't happen ;) > > -Barry > > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/ziade.tarek%40gmail.com > > -- Tarek Ziadé | http://ziade.org _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
