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Date Tue, 11 Nov 2014 15:02:41 -0800
Subject Re: I love assert
From Peter Cacioppi <peter.cacioppi@gmail.com>
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On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 12:57 PM, TP <wingusr@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 11:40 AM, Peter Cacioppi <peter.cacioppi@gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> I think one needs to take care with some basic assert coding - it's not a
>> substitute for unit tests, it doesn't absolve you of normal exception
>> responsibilities, and, most of all, it should be used for passive
>> inspection and not action. But given these guidelines, I still find it very
>> useful as "active comments".
>
>
> I first came across asserts when using Wing IDE. See "Helping Wing Analyze
> Code" [1] explains why using assert and isinstance will let Wing IDE
> autocomplete things it otherwise couldn't.
>
> PyCharm uses docstrings to accomplish the same task [2] but can also use
> asserts/isinstance [3].
>
> [1] https://wingware.com/doc/edit/helping-wing-analyze-code
>
> [2] https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/webhelp/type-hinting-in-pycharm.html
> <https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/webhelp/type-hinting-in-pycharm.html#d232466e456>
>
> [3]
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9040387/is-there-a-way-to-explicitly-tell-pycharm-what-class-an-attribute-is-an-instance
>
>
I use PyCharm. Thanks for [2], it's a keeper

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I love assert Peter Cacioppi <peter.cacioppi@gmail.com> - 2014-11-11 11:40 -0800
  Re: I love assert Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-11-12 07:03 +1100
    Re: I love assert Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-11-11 21:43 +0000
  Re: I love assert Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-11-11 12:08 -0800
  Re: I love assert Rob Gaddi <rgaddi@technologyhighland.invalid> - 2014-11-11 12:20 -0800
  Re: I love assert Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-11-11 20:34 +0000
  Re: I love assert TP <wingusr@gmail.com> - 2014-11-11 12:57 -0800
  Re: I love assert Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-11-11 17:34 -0500
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  Re: I love assert Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2014-11-11 17:03 -0600
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    Re: I love assert Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-11-12 14:10 +0000
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        Re: I love assert Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-11-12 23:56 +0200
          Re: I love assert Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-11-12 15:04 -0700
            Re: I love assert Anton <anschatten@gmail.com> - 2014-11-12 14:13 -0800
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                Re: I love assert Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-11-15 10:40 +1100
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                Re: I love assert Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-11-15 13:16 +1100
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                Re: I love assert Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-11-13 01:23 +0200
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          Re: I love assert Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-11-12 15:07 -0700
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                Re: I love assert Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-11-14 22:50 +0200
            Re: I love assert Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-11-15 13:58 +1100
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  Re: I love assert Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-11-14 22:15 +1100
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