Tests

[ENH] Replace `asserts` with proper `if else` Exception handling #1854

Job	Run time
docker	2s
(ubuntu-latest, Py3.8, sk0.23.1, sk-only:false)	4s
(windows-latest, Py, sk0.24.*, sk-only:false)	2s
(ubuntu-latest,Py3.10,sk1.6.*,sk-only:true)	59s
(ubuntu-latest,Py3.10,sk1.5.*,sk-only:true)	57s
(ubuntu-latest,Py3.10,sk1.4.*,sk-only:true)	56s
(ubuntu-latest,Py3.11,sk1.3.*,sk-only:true)	1m 5s
(ubuntu-latest,Py3.10,sk1.7.*,sk-only:true)	1m 2s
(ubuntu-latest,Py3.11,sk1.5.*,sk-only:true)	59s
(ubuntu-latest,Py3.14,sk1.5.*,sk-only:true)	4m 53s
(ubuntu-latest,Py3.12,sk1.4.*,sk-only:true)	1m 10s
(ubuntu-latest,Py3.13,sk1.7.*,sk-only:true)	1m 4s
(ubuntu-latest,Py3.13,sk1.5.*,sk-only:true)	1m 5s
(ubuntu-latest,Py3.10,sk1.3.*,sk-only:true)	57s
(ubuntu-latest,Py3.12,sk1.7.*,sk-only:true)	1m 0s
(ubuntu-latest,Py3.14,sk1.6.*,sk-only:true)	4m 27s
(ubuntu-latest,Py3.11,sk1.7.*,sk-only:true)	56s
(ubuntu-latest,Py3.12,sk1.6.*,sk-only:true)	1m 3s
(ubuntu-latest,Py3.13,sk1.6.*,sk-only:true)	1m 3s
(ubuntu-latest,Py3.11,sk1.6.*,sk-only:true)	1m 0s
(ubuntu-latest,Py3.12,sk1.5.*,sk-only:false)	6m 35s
(ubuntu-latest,Py3.11,sk1.4.*,sk-only:true)	1m 1s
(windows-latest,Py3.12,sk1.5.*,sk-only:false)	3m 52s
(ubuntu-latest,Py3.12,sk1.3.*,sk-only:true)	1m 9s
(ubuntu-latest,Py3.14,sk1.7.*,sk-only:true)	1m 10s
(ubuntu-latest,Py3.14,sk1.7.*,sk-only:false)	3m 0s
(ubuntu-latest,Py3.12,sk1.5.*,sk-only:true)	1m 1s
	42m 32s

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