--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>Python manual has a very brief introduction > >>of "assert" statements. It is very difficult > > First you probably don't need to use asserts > very often, they are useful if you are building > production strength code but for most users > of Python the exception mechanism is good enough. >
This link makes some good points about how and when to use assertions: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/guide/lang/assert.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor