[Python-ideas] Making assert raise a different exception type

[Guido van Rossum]

I don't think so. You can already write

if not some_false_condition:
  raise ValueError("Message")

On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 9:16 AM, cool-RR <cool-rr at cool-rr.com> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I would have liked to do something like this:
>
> assert some_false_condition, ValueError("Message")
>
> Meaning that if the assertion fails, the ValueError is raised instead of
> AssertionError. Do you think it's something that has a chance of being
> implemented? If so, I will write a PEP.
>
> Ram.
>
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