Re: [RFC] Replacement for "assert" in the libraries

On 2008-06-13 18:43:23 +0100, Julian Foad wrote:
> The CHANGE from current behaviour to new behaviour when this macro is
> substituted for current uses of assert() (in places where it can be
> substituted without further changes) is:
>
> * if a bug is encountered that triggers one of these assertions,
> the program will now stop through Subversion's error reporting
> mechanism instead of by aborting, except that:
>
> * in cases where the software is designed to catch svn_error_t
> error objects, it may now ignore the error or do something other
> than the default of reporting the error and stopping.

How about the security point of view? The failed assertion could come
from some memory corruption (e.g. after a buffer overflow, possibly
due to data from a malicious user). In such a case, aborting ASAP
would be a better solution than having the risk to let the software
behave erratically.

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