[Python-Dev] (#19562) Asserts in Python stdlib code (datetime.py)

[Maciej Fijalkowski]

On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 5:09 PM, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 16 November 2013 23:17, Maciej Fijalkowski <fijall at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 3:51 AM, Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote:
>>> If user input can trigger an assert, then the code should raise a normal
>>> exception that will not disappear with -OO.
>>
>> May I assert that -OO should instead be killed?
>
> "I don't care about embedded devices" is not a good rationale for
> killing features that really only benefit people running Python on
> such systems.
>
> Cheers,
> Nick.

Can I see some writeup how -OO benefit embedded devices?