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Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:33:42 -0500
From: Dave Angel <d@davea.name>
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On 01/23/2012 08:28 AM, Hrvoje Niksic wrote:
> Dave Angel<d@davea.name>  writes:
>
>> I do something similar when there's a portion of code that should
>> never be reached:
>>
>> assert("reason why I cannot get here")
> Shouldn't that be assert False, "reason why I cannot get here"?
You caught me in a typo.  If it's in python there should be a not there, 
and if it's in C, a bang.



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DaveA