assert.py

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#       The usual debugging style assertion routines
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#  not used
#  last updated 29-Jul-2008

Assertion = "Assertion Failed"
Die = "Die"

# this definition throws a "SyntaxError: invalid syntax"
# it seems assert is a reserved word.  can it be overloaded?
def assert(*args):
        from utils import seq_to_str
        if not args[0]:
                if len(args) == 1:
                        raise Assertion, args[1]+"()"
                else:
                        raise Assertion, args[1]+"(): " + seq_to_str(args[2:])

def die(*args):
        from utils import seq_to_str
        if len(args) == 1:
                raise Die, args[0]+"()"
        else:
                m = seq_to_str(args[1:])
                raise Die, args[0]+"(): " + m