From 31a5e2b4629fafe755c413951837cdca7d1ecfbe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremy Fincher <jemfinch@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 01:10:27 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Added an assert to prevent improper usage by inexperienced
 developers.

---
 src/privmsgs.py | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/src/privmsgs.py b/src/privmsgs.py
index 6c5bcb893..c1071b912 100644
--- a/src/privmsgs.py
+++ b/src/privmsgs.py
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ def getArgs(args, required=1, optional=0):
     If there aren't enough args even to satisfy required, raise an error and
     let the caller handle sending the help message.
     """
+    assert not isinstance(args, str), 'args should be a list.'
     if len(args) < required:
         raise callbacks.ArgumentError
     if len(args) < required + optional: