bpo-32999: ast: Convert useless check to assert (GH-6197)

diff --git a/Modules/_abc.c b/Modules/_abc.c
index aa091c717dec101eb4a4c4774bd5c1effcf5e5eb..562a2e6d730dd398bd7ea0a8258b04ad34222d5e 100644 (file)
--- a/Modules/_abc.c
+++ b/Modules/_abc.c
@@ -647,9 +647,7 @@ _abc__abc_subclasscheck_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *self,
     assert(PyTuple_Check(mro));
     for (pos = 0; pos < PyTuple_GET_SIZE(mro); pos++) {
         PyObject *mro_item = PyTuple_GET_ITEM(mro, pos);
-        if (mro_item == NULL) {
-            goto end;
-        }
+        assert(mro_item != NULL);
         if ((PyObject *)self == mro_item) {
             if (_add_to_weak_set(&impl->_abc_cache, subclass) < 0) {
                 goto end;