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Re: Assertions are bad, m'kay?

From Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au>
Subject Re: Assertions are bad, m'kay?
Date 2014-03-08 11:22 +1100
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Dan Stromberg <drsalists@gmail.com> writes:

> BTW, what about:
>
> if value >= 3:
>    raise AssertionError('value must be >= 3')

That would be very confusing, since it would only appear when the value
is >= 3. Were you making some other point?

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Assertions are bad, m'kay? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-03-07 18:16 +1100
  Re: Assertions are bad, m'kay? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-03-07 11:11 +0000
    Re: Assertions are bad, m'kay? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-03-07 22:24 +1100
    Re: Assertions are bad, m'kay? Dan Stromberg <drsalists@gmail.com> - 2014-03-07 16:15 -0800
      Re: Assertions are bad, m'kay? Irmen de Jong <irmen.NOSPAM@xs4all.nl> - 2014-03-08 01:26 +0100
      Re: Assertions are bad, m'kay? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-03-08 14:44 +0000
    Re: Assertions are bad, m'kay? Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-03-08 11:22 +1100

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