On Apr 28, 2011, at 10:22 AM, s...@pobox.com wrote: > Barry> I would agree. Use asserts for "this can't possibly happen > Barry> <wink>" conditions. > >Without looking, I suspect that's probably what the author thought he was >doing.
BTW, I think it always helps to have a really good assert message, and/or a leading comment to explain *why* that condition can't possibly happen. -Barry
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