On Feb 16, 2017, at 03:20 PM, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: >I know some people will disagree, but IMO using "assert" is the wrong >approach in such situations - it's meant for development and testing >only, not as short-cut to avoid having to write a proper error >handler :-)
I use assertions for "things that can never happen", although sometimes they do due to an incomplete understanding of the code, the problem, or the environment. Cheers, -Barry
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