From: Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 16:57:36 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Issue 8361: Remove assert from functools.total_ordering

X-Git-Tag: v2.7b2~327
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4e45512de2d76e0366c5e7ac5d02119419bfc9ea;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

Issue 8361: Remove assert from functools.total_ordering

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diff --git a/Lib/functools.py b/Lib/functools.py
index 539dc90ecd8f..d75e44ae83ad 100644
--- a/Lib/functools.py
+++ b/Lib/functools.py
@@ -67,8 +67,9 @@ def total_ordering(cls):
                    ('__lt__', lambda self, other: not self >= other)]
     }
     roots = set(dir(cls)) & set(convert)
-    assert roots, 'must define at least one ordering operation: < > <= >='
-    root = max(roots)       # prefer __lt __ to __le__ to __gt__ to __ge__
+    if not roots:
+        raise ValueError('must define at least one ordering operation: < > <= >=')
+    root = max(roots)       # prefer __lt__ to __le__ to __gt__ to __ge__
     for opname, opfunc in convert[root]:
         if opname not in roots:
             opfunc.__name__ = opname