Tests

[ENH] Replace `asserts` with proper `if else` Exception handling #2538

Job	Run time
docker	3s
(ubuntu-latest, Py3.8, sk0.23.1, sk-only:false)	4s
(windows-latest, Py, sk0.24.*, sk-only:false)	3s
(ubuntu-latest,Py3.10,sk1.4.*,sk-only:true)	1m 53s
(ubuntu-latest,Py3.11,sk1.3.*,sk-only:true)	1m 27s
(ubuntu-latest,Py3.10,sk1.6.*,sk-only:true)	1m 53s
(ubuntu-latest,Py3.10,sk1.5.*,sk-only:true)	2m 47s
(ubuntu-latest,Py3.10,sk1.3.*,sk-only:true)	7m 6s
(ubuntu-latest,Py3.11,sk1.4.*,sk-only:true)	1m 26s
(ubuntu-latest,Py3.11,sk1.5.*,sk-only:true)	5m 47s
(ubuntu-latest,Py3.10,sk1.7.*,sk-only:true)	1m 18s
(ubuntu-latest,Py3.11,sk1.6.*,sk-only:true)	2m 47s
(ubuntu-latest,Py3.12,sk1.6.*,sk-only:true)	2m 28s
(windows-latest,Py3.12,sk1.5.*,sk-only:false)	1h 14m 17s
(ubuntu-latest,Py3.13,sk1.7.*,sk-only:true)	3m 13s
(ubuntu-latest,Py3.12,sk1.5.*,sk-only:true)	3m 22s
(ubuntu-latest,Py3.12,sk1.3.*,sk-only:true)	2m 49s
(ubuntu-latest,Py3.12,sk1.4.*,sk-only:true)	4m 27s
(ubuntu-latest,Py3.12,sk1.5.*,sk-only:false)	14m 52s
(ubuntu-latest,Py3.14,sk1.6.*,sk-only:true)	4m 25s
(ubuntu-latest,Py3.13,sk1.6.*,sk-only:true)	1m 16s
(ubuntu-latest,Py3.11,sk1.7.*,sk-only:true)	53s
(ubuntu-latest,Py3.14,sk1.5.*,sk-only:true)	4m 44s
(ubuntu-latest,Py3.13,sk1.5.*,sk-only:true)	2m 45s
(ubuntu-latest,Py3.14,sk1.7.*,sk-only:false)	1h 15m 52s
(ubuntu-latest,Py3.14,sk1.7.*,sk-only:true)	5m 52s
(ubuntu-latest,Py3.12,sk1.7.*,sk-only:true)	13m 40s
(ubuntu-latest,Py3.12,sk1.5.,pd:2.,sk-only:false)	7m 54s
	4h 9m 23s

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