Disabling python's assert() without -0 flag

Question

I\'m running a python script from inside a different software (it provides a python interface to manipulate its data structures).

I\'m optimizing my code for speed

Answer 1

As @unutbu describes, there is no official way of doing this. However, a simple strategy is to define a flag like _test somewhere (for example, as keyword argument to a function, or as a global variable in a module), then include this in your assert statements as follows:

def f(x, _test=True):
    assert not _test or x > 0
    ...

Then you can disable asserts in that function if needed.

f(x, _test=False)