Why assert is not a function?
Ethan Furman
ethan at stoneleaf.us
Thu Mar 11 17:09:29 EST 2021
On 3/11/21 1:45 PM, dn via Python-list wrote:
> Is assert so much faster/cheaper than try...except...raise?
Infinitely faster when they are not there. ;-)
Basically, you are looking at two different philosophies:
- Always double check, get good error message when something fails
vs
- check during testing and QA, turn off double-checks for production for best performance possible.
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~Ethan~
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