Re: bounds checking in array.hpp

From: DEAN STURTEVANT (dean_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-12-15 11:22:00

--- In boost_at_[hidden], Jeremy Siek <jsiek_at_l...> wrote:
> Should we have a boost macro for adding in this kind of assertion?
> 
> #define BOOST_ASSERT_RANGE(expr) \
>   if (expr) \
>     throw std::range_error( \
>       __FILE__ + std::string(":") \
>       + boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(__LINE__) + \
>       std::string(": range error") )
> 

Well, ignoring the fact that the test should be on !(expr) rather 
than expr and that the construction is syntactically incorrect (You 
can't go "string" + std::string("str")), I was thinking of something 
more lightweight. What is wrong with assert()?