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Re: When to use assert

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On 17 November 2013 13:33, Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote:
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> So, I stick "assert 0" in the code an re-run the program to see if I get
> an AssertionError.  If I do, then I know the code is being run.  If I
> don't then I know it's not.  Either way, I know more about what's going
> on than I did before.  Once I know what's going on, I remove the assert.

If the program is invoked from a terminal I would probably go with
'import pdb; pdb.set_trace()' rather than 'assert 0'. Then you can
check much more than whether or not the code is being executed. It's a
bit more to type but I type it so often that I can now type it *really
fast*.


Oscar

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When to use assert Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-11-17 07:35 +0000
  Re: When to use assert Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-11-17 06:50 -0600
    Re: When to use assert Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-11-18 00:52 +0000
  Re: When to use assert Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-11-17 08:33 -0500
    Re: When to use assert Robert Day <robertkday@gmail.com> - 2013-11-18 08:20 +0000
    Re: When to use assert Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2013-11-18 09:50 +0000
    Re: When to use assert Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-11-18 10:02 +0000
    Re: When to use assert Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-11-18 05:44 -0600

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