This patch removes all uses of "assert" in the regression test suite

and replaces them with a new API verify(). As a result the regression
suite will also perform its tests in optimization mode.

Written by Marc-Andre Lemburg. Copyright assigned to Guido van Rossum.

Lib/test/test_minidom.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import xml.parsers.expat
 import os.path
 import sys
 import traceback
-from test_support import verbose
+from test_support import verify, verbose
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     base = sys.argv[0]