On 2/12/10 12:32 PM, Frank Schoenheit, Sun Microsystems Germany wrote:
On the topic of "what is an assertion": Yes, assertions should abort.
Otherwise, they are not an assertion, but something that is better
covered by OSL_TRACE.
Sigh. Again: No matter how the term "assertion" is defined in theory, in
practice there are *hundreds* or *thousands* of "assertions" (aka usages
of DBG_*) which do not match the definition. Saying "Assertions should
abort because otherwise they're not assertions" is, sorry, just closing
your eyes against reality.
+1
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