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From: Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: Re: When to use assert
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 10:02:39 +0000
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On 18/11/2013 09:50, Oscar Benjamin wrote:
> On 17 November 2013 13:33, Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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
>

If I used something that often I'd either cut and paste it or have a key 
combination set up to insert it automatically.  Or get my man to type it 
up for me :)

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Mark Lawrence