On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 10:59 PM, Tim Chase <python.l...@tim.thechases.com> wrote: > On 2014-12-02 23:05, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: >> > foo == 42 or else >> >> Has a PERL stink to it... like: foo == 42 or die > > This statement actually works in Python and I occasionally use it > when debugging (in the same fashion as one might do printf() > debugging in C). It raises a NameError and the program dies with a > traceback. Most frequently, it's to prevent the program from > continuing on to connect to a database and actually make changes.
*gasp* But it's just as fragile as assert! Anyone could just put one line of code into your program and destroy all your debugging checks! die = False Your code has just been made immortal! This is *obviously* a complete waste of time, since it's that easy to defeat! > [sorry for the previous message if I failed to cancel the send that > happened when I accidentally pressed ctrl+enter...typing in the dark] It was its own joke. :) ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list