> assert is not properly used for any purpose other than as a "live comment" (i.e. a comment that actually gets executed). This is because the -O flag disables asserts, so the implication is that your ...

> Python's None is nowhere near as bad NULL in C/C++ (the so-called "billion dollar mistake") but it's still not great. > So even if the new shortcuts were great, intuitive and very readable (which is ...