On 2023-02-25 08:47:00 +1300, dn via Python-list wrote: > That said, have observed coders 'graduating' from other languages, making > wider use of assert - assumed to be more data (value) sanity-checks than > typing, but ... > > Do you use assert frequently?
Not very often, but I do use it. Sometimes for its intended purpose
(i.e. to guard against bugs or wrong assumptions), sometimes just to
guard incomplete or sloppy code (e.g. browsing through some projects I
find
assert len(data["structure"]["dimensions"]["observation"]) == 1
(incomplete code - I didn't bother to implement multiple observations)
and
assert(header[0] == "Monat (JJJJMM)")
(the code below is sloppy. Instead of fixing it I just made the original
programmer's assumptions explicit)
and of course
assert False
(this point should never be reached)).
hp
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