-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 11/16/2014 06:09 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > Ethan Furman wrote: >> On 11/14/2014 06:58 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >>> Ethan Furman wrote: >>>> >>>> My point being: a safety net that is so easily disabled does not count >>>> (IMHO) as a backup. >>> >>> Assertions are not a backup or a safety net. [...] >> >> Would you be happier if I phrased that as: Defensive programming techniques >> that can be unknowingly disabled by >> the end-user aren't very helpful? > > No. > > You appear to be labouring under the misapprehension that assertion-based > techniques (such as design by contract) > are a technique for guarding against expected errors in (say) data.
I believe we are in violent agreement here. My hissy-fit is not on the correct use of asserts, but their incorrect use. - -- ~Ethan~ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJUaWqRAAoJENZ7D1rrH75N5pAQAKTiuIMWSpVYX80XdyPh036f 7FTvIerwaCtxwhBG2ma5GKQSXLIPIp6n6LQopnIN6Y82Odx6CqtUmlOpbrxZ4L5w HG+GaCgBKPCP43ghP8NV+IDNK+mpz3g8uqa3F7ofgygDiBUqXg07/aBR2Eifkyl2 yoB9OjwRek2/m+KkUxe+hnEAmNjeyHF1+0rpFkjf04c4O38/fXJ2Gv6aoluoc/on IdmST56ukgcVU9JjTTLD+PhLA8v/uvTHyFFQvGng9cUTIMxJEvItIikp+20VS1CP PY8xJabI28TA4IEtC3atMwk/bDme2H6ovv0O0yvYswF38Y0u6U+NpNgKYUZfXKwS nFHIJMFSfFpWddmxUGCNmjvGlDRVH5py11QGEl430PhUr3Y5re4MUglye9lFWoy9 NwSVA4c6zoM4lrgdZ2qzzDX8LUaLr1c//sNvS+kVaI6syIf0C60++QJGBboauIMR lprJ65FfmiHhfI9e+7sS5KX09iILkuPjnwGi79CJG/TehfFcvueqDjNzRan8JzVX /Czo3zwBK8B4cV13DBeRP2oaJcreMvA5bysXXKJ7iqZkLST+K8hiFpoKCGZiGdcZ OBafvCwMqP5GzuCCzBxwAOIPo4KHR+KDVMarLZ+NI2kebZPTgKmWmtPrIIztTxE0 DFNrXUK0o8z0WGKP2Ke6 =tM/a -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
