On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 19:29:06 -0800, Carl Banks wrote: > On Jan 27, 6:51 pm, Steven D'Aprano > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 06:58:04 -0800, Carl Banks wrote: >> >> I find that when I detect invalid parameters overtly, I spend less time >> >> debugging. >> >> > If it helps go ahead an use them. The world won't end if you use an >> > assertion in a less than ideal situation. And, after all, if someone >> > doesn't like it they can shut them off. >> >> Is there any way to have finer control of assertions than just passing -O >> to the Python interpreter? Suppose I want to switch them off for certain >> modules but not others, am I out of luck? > > Please relax. The suggestion that one could shut them off was tongue > in cheek.
(a) I am relaxed; (b) One can shut down assertions, and it isn't a joke, it is a feature; (c) I meant my question seriously, I think it would be a good thing. -- Steven. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
