On Thursday, September 21, 2017 at 9:29:19 AM UTC-7, Tobiah wrote:
> Are these completely equivalent?
>
> def foo(thing):
>
> assert(thing > 0), "Thing must be greater than zero"
>
>
> def foo(thing):
>
> if not (thing > 0): raise AssertionError("Thing must be greater than
> zero")
>
>
> Other than the fact that the assertion can be turned off
> with -O?
For that reason, I would prefer to raise ValueError instead of AssertionError.
The -O flag is nice for turning off test code. If the code is essential to the
functionality of the program, you probably don't want to misidentify it as test
code.
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