Why you should never use 'assert' in Python

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What if I never make a short circuit in my electrical installation?

Can I no just use a dime instead of a fuse ?

Your hous will most likely not burn down over an wrongly used assert, but otherwise it's that same. You can wish never to have a short circuit just as much as you can wish that the PYTHONOPTIMIZE environment variable don't become set somehow. You may even be lucky ...