[boost] assert overkill

From: Nathan Myers (ncm_at_[hidden])
Date: 1999-09-02 03:37:10

Dave Abrahams wrote:
> My impression is that this whole thing has gotten way out-of-hand.

I tend to agree.  Anything that claims to do the job of the
standard assert() had better do a _way_ better job if it's 
to be traded for the utter simplicity of assert() itself.

Anything that throws is automatically the Wrong Thing if it 
might be confused with assert().

Nathan Myers
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