On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 12:57 PM, TP <wing...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 11:40 AM, Peter Cacioppi <peter.cacio...@gmail.com > > wrote: > >> I think one needs to take care with some basic assert coding - it's not a >> substitute for unit tests, it doesn't absolve you of normal exception >> responsibilities, and, most of all, it should be used for passive >> inspection and not action. But given these guidelines, I still find it very >> useful as "active comments". > > > I first came across asserts when using Wing IDE. See "Helping Wing Analyze > Code" [1] explains why using assert and isinstance will let Wing IDE > autocomplete things it otherwise couldn't. > > PyCharm uses docstrings to accomplish the same task [2] but can also use > asserts/isinstance [3]. > > [1] https://wingware.com/doc/edit/helping-wing-analyze-code > > [2] https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/webhelp/type-hinting-in-pycharm.html > <https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/webhelp/type-hinting-in-pycharm.html#d232466e456> > > [3] > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9040387/is-there-a-way-to-explicitly-tell-pycharm-what-class-an-attribute-is-an-instance > > I use PyCharm. Thanks for [2], it's a keeper
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