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Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2013 12:44:35 +1100
Subject: Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0
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On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 12:37 PM, Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote:
> In article <mailman.4567.1387819120.18130.python-list@python.org>,
>  Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> wrote:
>
>> Mostly I don't want newbies thinking "Hey!  I can use assertions for all my
>> confidence testing!"
>
> How about this one, that I wrote yesterday;
>
>         assert second >= self.current_second, "time went backwards"
>
> I think that's pretty high up on the "can never happen" list.

assert second >= self.current_second, "user changed the clock"

ChrisA