PY3.W0199

Assert on tuple

A call of assert on a tuple will always evaluate to true if the tuple is not empty, and will always evaluate to false if it is.

Noncompliant Code:

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assert (1, 2)

Compliant Code:

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x, y = (1, 2)
assert x, y

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