Nick, On Apr 25, 2014, at 3:36 PM, Nick Alexander <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2014-04-25, 1:30 PM, James Willcox wrote: >> Greetings, >> >> We don’t have anything like MOZ_ASSERT() in Java land, so I added an >> “Assert” class[1]. Just like MOZ_ASSERT() in C++ land, these assertions are >> only active in debug mode. Hopefully we can use these to catch some bad >> stuff. > > I think this is a good thing, thanks for doing it! Is there a reason we > didn't just use Java's assert mechanism [1], and enable/disable checking at > compile time with MOZ_DEBUG and friends? > > Best, > Nick > > [1] http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/guides/language/assert.html That was my first thought as well, but apparently those are only triggered if you set a property on the device, which is less than ideal. More here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6176441/how-to-use-assert-in-android James _______________________________________________ mobile-firefox-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/mobile-firefox-dev
