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Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 10:27:53 +1100
Subject: Re: I love assert
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 10:23 AM, Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> wrote:
> However, the programmer could have played this frustration out already
> in his head and written:
>
>      assert len(choices) > 0
>      count = next_size / len(choices)

assert choices
count = next_size / len(choices)

Or even just:

count = next_size / len(choices) # choices won't be empty

ChrisA