From 66a554bc29b9655e88fc65d1df900c7f0b427f7b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vincent Driessen <vincent@3rdcloud.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 23:27:58 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Change AssertionError to proper TypeError.

---
 rq/job.py | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rq/job.py b/rq/job.py
index 98b0b4dd..c125189e 100644
--- a/rq/job.py
+++ b/rq/job.py
@@ -79,8 +79,12 @@ class Job(object):
             args = ()
         if kwargs is None:
             kwargs = {}
-        assert isinstance(args, (tuple, list)), '%r is not a valid args list.' % (args,)
-        assert isinstance(kwargs, dict), '%r is not a valid kwargs dict.' % (kwargs,)
+
+        if not isinstance(args, (tuple, list)):
+            raise TypeError('{0!r} is not a valid args list.'.format(args))
+        if not isinstance(kwargs, dict):
+            raise TypeError('{0!r} is not a valid kwargs dict.'.format(kwargs))
+
         job = cls(connection=connection)
         if inspect.ismethod(func):
             job._instance = func.__self__