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This rule raises an issue when using an ``++assert++`` statement on a tuple literal.
== Why is this an issue?
When tested for truthiness, a sequence or collection will evaluate to `False` if it is empty (its ``++__len__++`` method returns 0) and to `True` if it contains at least one element.
Using the ``assert`` statement on a tuple literal will therefore always fail if the tuple is empty, and always succeed otherwise.
The ``++assert++`` statement does not take parentheses around its parameters. Calling ``++assert(x, y)++`` will test if the tuple ``++(x, y)++`` is True, which is always the case.
There are two possible fixes:
* If your intention is to test the first value of the tuple and use the second value as a message, simply remove the parentheses.
* If your intention is to check that every element of the tuple is ``++True++``, test each value separately.
=== Code examples
==== Noncompliant code example
[source,python]
----
def test_values(a, b):
assert (a, b) # Noncompliant: will always be True
----
==== Compliant solution
[source,python]
----
def test_values(a, b):
# If you mean to test "a" and use "b" as an error message
assert a, b
# If you mean to test the values of "a" and "b"
assert a and b
----
== Resources
* https://docs.python.org/3/reference/simple_stmts.html#the-assert-statement[Python documentation - The ``++assert++`` statement]
* https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#truth-value-testing[Python documentation - Truth Value Testing]
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'''
== Implementation Specification
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=== Message
Fix this assertion on a tuple literal; did you mean "assert A, B".
=== Highlighting
The tuple parameter
'''
== Comments And Links
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=== deprecates: S1721
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