I have a Python script in which I have an assert. The assert is always true; that's why I'm asserting it. The assert is a canary in case I change a constant in one place without changing code that depends on it having that value.

Python 3 gives me a warning that the assertion is always true. That's annoying. Can I turn the warning off?

/path/toplevel.py:10: SyntaxWarning: assertion is always true, perhaps remove parentheses?
assert(VID_V_ACTIVE == 144, "constant different from expected")

@mcc the parentheses means you're asserting that the tuple is not false, which is trivial and not what you want

@Pashhur jeepers i'm glad i asked then

@mcc @Pashhur okay but uh... why would they make the syntax for assert different than every other method call?

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@tess @mcc @Pashhur it's that way because of the law of Equivalent Exchange. Python added parentheses to print, so it had to take them from somewhere else to maintain balance.