Re: assertions (a question of coding style)

On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Branko [iso-8859-2] Čibej wrote:

> Personally, I like to use assert() for the "this can't happen" kind of
> coding errors that can't be recovered from, then don't ever define
> NEDBUG. Of course, this might not be very appropriate for server code ...

IMHO assert()s are good. Used properly they can be removed with (or without)
the right #define and they can be used to simplify debugging.

Then, you know, I'm not one of the "core guys"...

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