On 28.11.2017 6:34, Ned Batchelder wrote:
You are proposing:
assert condition, type, value
Not specifically this, that's just an example.
Actually, the way I'm using them,
assert condition, "error message", type
would probably be the most expressive way.
Why not just use Python as it is now, with this:?
It's the most expressive way the language provides to write that logic.
With Python's design focus on promoting expressive, readable and
intuitive syntax, that's enough of a reason.
if not condition: raise type(value)
I don't see a reason to change the assert statement. You can do what
you need without the change.
I can do anything in any Turing-complete language without any changes to
the language. That's no reason to never change anything, is it.
The rationale basically is:
* As it was intended, the statement has no practical use -- basically a
rudiment, due to disappear eventually
* It can instead be reused as syntax sugar to cover a very common use case
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Regards,
Ivan
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