assertions to validate function parameters

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 06:58:04 -0800, Carl Banks wrote:

>> I find that when I detect invalid parameters overtly, I spend less time
>> debugging.
> 
> If it helps go ahead an use them.  The world won't end if you use an 
> assertion in a less than ideal situation.  And, after all, if someone 
> doesn't like it they can shut them off.


Is there any way to have finer control of assertions than just passing -O
to the Python interpreter? Suppose I want to switch them off for certain
modules but not others, am I out of luck?


-- 
Steven.