On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 10:11 PM, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: >> http://xkcd.com/1339/ >> >> Abusing assert for arg checking violates XKCD 1339. Write >> standards-compliant code! > > Assertions are not bad! They're just misunderstood and abused. > > (By the way, assertions are not the same as assumptions. Asserts can be > used to check that assumptions are correct, or to check the internal > logic of your reasoning. Whereas assumptions are just accepted as if they > were correct, no questions asked.
The XKCD does draw a distinction between assuming and asserting. And I do say "for arg checking", which is the most common *abuse* of assert. But mainly, I just like to share laughs :) ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
