Nearing the End

Python assert bug?

Why didn't the assert statement print the value of row?

$ python
Python 2.4.1 (#1, Aug 14 2005, 18:43:28)
[GCC 3.3.2] on sunos5
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> row = None
>>> assert len(row) > 0, 'row=%s' % `row`
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "", line 1, in ?
TypeError: len() of unsized object
>>>