The hack needs to be applied before we try importing electrum_ecc, i.e. it needs to be in the main script.
However, it should also be applied if the main script is not invoked directly, but e.g. the user imports electrum directly.
Hence the duplication.
I have reconsidered and now think that we should always hard-fail
if asserts asserts are disabled. It is just easier to reason about
the code knowing that asserts are evaluated.
If an end-user or library user has a concrete use case where this is
a problem, please open an issue and let us know.
follow-up
0f541be6f10e5464ca13
old style "-v" still works
filtering examples:
-v=debug,network=error,interface=error // effectively blacklists network and interface
-v=warning,network=debug,interface=debug // effectively whitelists network and interface
