hey All.
proposing to turn g_asert into a warning:
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2007-October/msg00053.html
was obviously not perceived too well.
as i read it, most people are not against my basic
reasoning, but are clearly in favour of adding
g_warn_if_fail or a similar variant thereof.
so i'd like to change course and suggest we do this:
- add g_warn_if_fail (condition); which produces a critical
warning about failing assertions but contrary to g_assert
returns.
- extend the g_assert() docs to note that:
1) programmers are more likely to want to use g_warn_if_fail instead
(particularly for libraries, allthough the destabilizing effects
of g_assert are also worth avoiding in applicaiton code);
2) for code portions that positively have to rely on program
termination, only g_error() will deterministically achive that.
- proceed analogously for g_warn_if_reached() and g_assert_not_reached().
comments apprechiated, particularly on the new function names.
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ciaoTJ
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