On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 18:01, Dennis Lee Bieber<wlfr...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > Do you really want to inflict novices with the subtleties of when > "assert" is a proper structure to use?
I'll second that. This very thread is proof that assertions are polemic, so maybe you (kj) should just save your student's sanity and stick to good old conditionals :-) As for your initial question, I think, thirty four emails after, that yes, your function is a bit too clever and you should sacrifice some generality in order to make it more readable. -- Pablo Torres N. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
