[Python-ideas] Specify an alternative exception for "assert"

[Guido van Rossum]

On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 9:32 AM, Ryan Gonzalez <rymg19 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I would still prefer the proposal that requires the errors to derive from
> AssertionError, since there *are* people that will use this for some sort
> of data validation. It's more likely because of Python's "easier to ask
> forgiveness than permission" idea; imagine someone "asserts" with a custom
> exception that some sort of input data is correct/safe. Then someone else
> uses the library in their website. With -O. If it's restricted to
> subclasses of AssertionError, then people will be less likely to use it for
> random error checking that *should* run in release mode.
>

I don't believe your logic is correct. And the OP most assuredly does *not*
want to raise a subclass of AssertionError. He's written enough Python code
to know what he's talking about, so I take him serious -- whereas your
argument so far is mere FUD.

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--Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido)
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