no-assertΒΆ
Do not use assert
in production Ansible python code. When running Python
with optimizations, Python will remove assert
statements, potentially
allowing for unexpected behavior throughout the Ansible code base.
Instead of using assert
you should utilize simple if
statements,
that result in raising an exception. There is a new exception called
AnsibleAssertionError
that inherits from AnsibleError
and
AssertionError
. When possible, utilize a more specific exception
than AnsibleAssertionError
.
Modules will not have access to AnsibleAssertionError
and should instead
raise AssertionError
, a more specific exception, or just use
module.fail_json
at the failure point.