[issue8361] Remove assert in functools.total_ordering

[Raymond Hettinger]

Raymond Hettinger <rhettinger at users.sourceforge.net> added the comment:

The max(roots) line that follows will raise its own ValueError when given an empty input.   Will mull over your patch.  I may just delete the assert line, leave it as-is, or apply something like your patch (but with a ValueError).

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