Python's assert can be disabled

[Calvin Wu]

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1273211/disable-assertions-in-python

I can help to send an MR to remove assert and replaced with raising exception if it makes sense to remove assert for verification.

[Andrey Kislyuk]

Thanks for pointing this out. My general suggestion for this type of issue is to not disable assertions.

PRs are welcome.

[patok]

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See Dan Bader's tutorial https://dbader.org/blog/python-assert-tutorial , in caveat nr 1 he states :

Caveat #1 – Don’t Use Asserts for Data Validation
Asserts can be turned off globally in the Python interpreter. Don’t rely on assert expressions to be executed for data validation or data processing.

[Andrey Kislyuk]

The latest implementation does not use assert statements for verification.