On 2010-01-02, VanceE <vne...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> for x in []:
> assert type(x) == type(())
>
> I expected an AssertionError but get no errors at all.
> Any explaination?
That loop never runs. It immediately raises a StopIteration and the body
is never executed.
cf.
for x in []:
print "In loop body"
You won't see anything printed.
OTOH, look at this one:
for x in [[]]: # a list containing an empty list
assert type(x) == type(())
That will raise the AssertionError as expected.
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