On Tue, 2006-02-14 at 15:13 +0000, Julian Foad wrote:
> Stuart Celarier wrote:
> > The rest of the C world uses the assert macro to compile assertions in
> > to the debug version, and to remove assertions in the release version.
> > Subversion always compiles with assertions in the code, including the
> > release version.
> >
> > For Subversion, assert means "conditional abort."
> >
> > I haven't seen another software project change the meaning of assert in
> > this way, so I don't think much of the existing writing on assert
> > applies to Subversion.
>
> You're over-simplifying.
He's also wrong.
GCC, for example, specifically keeps asserts on in the release builds
We do count as being part of the "rest of the C world".
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Received on Tue Feb 14 16:26:27 2006