def assert_equal(value1, value2, name1=None, name2=None):
    """Asserts two values are equal otherwise raise an error."""

    str_name1 = "" if name1 is None else "{} ".format(name1)
    str_name2 = "" if name2 is None else "{} ".format(name2)
    if value1 != value2:
        str_value1 = "{}" if name1 is None else "({})"
        str_value1 = str_value1.format(value1)
        str_value2 = "{}" if name2 is None else "({})"
        str_value2 = str_value2.format(value2)
        raise ValueError(
            "Expected {}{} == {}{}".format(str_name1, str_value1, str_name2, str_value2)
        )
Asserts two values are equal otherwise raise an error.
understand_icl/fairseq/fairseq/models/speech_to_text/utils.py