Chris Angelico <[email protected]>:
> Or, in as many cases as possible, raise an implicit KeyError and save
> yourself a lot of typing. Any time these kinds of elif trees can be
> turned into dict lookups, you get non-assert error checking for free.
I agree that you shouldn't sprinkle asserts around the code. But
consider this example:
count = next_size / len(choices)
The casual reader of the code might be left wondering if "choices" could
be zero-length and if the programmer had overlooked the possibility,
leading to a lengthy analysis and bewilderment.
However, the programmer could have played this frustration out already
in his head and written:
assert len(choices) > 0
count = next_size / len(choices)
or, equivalently:
# here len(choices) > 0
count = next_size / len(choices)
and the casual maintainer would be able to read on.
Marko
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