Issue #6545: Removed assert statements in distutils.Extension, so the behavior is similar when used with -O
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/extension.py b/Lib/distutils/extension.py
index 53ca8fd..6af1810 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/extension.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/extension.py
@@ -103,10 +103,11 @@
optional=None,
**kw # To catch unknown keywords
):
- assert isinstance(name, str), "'name' must be a string"
- assert (isinstance(sources, list) and
- all(isinstance(v, str) for v in sources)), \
- "'sources' must be a list of strings"
+ if not isinstance(name, str):
+ raise AssertionError("'name' must be a string")
+ if not (isinstance(sources, list) and
+ all(isinstance(v, str) for v in sources)):
+ raise AssertionError("'sources' must be a list of strings")
self.name = name
self.sources = sources
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 77e3ac6..6b4dac5 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -349,6 +349,9 @@
Library
-------
+- Issue #6545: Removed assert statements in distutils.Extension, so the
+ behavior is similar when used with -O.
+
- unittest has been split up into a package. All old names should still work.
- Issue #6431: Make Fraction type return NotImplemented when it doesn't