RE: [boost] Re: A better assert() This is it!!!

From: Hartmut Kaiser (hartmutkaiser_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-01-05 05:31:29

Dan W. wrote:

> //file: verify.hpp
> #ifndef VERIFY_HPP
> #define VERIFY_HPP
> 
> #ifdef _DEBUG
> # define verify(x) do{if(!((x)))asm int 3;}while(0)
> #else
> # define verify(x) (void)(0)
> #endif
> 
> /*
> 
>    // Usage example:
>    #include "verify.hpp"
>    #include <stdio.h>
>    char first_char( char const * s )
>    {
>       verify( s && ::strlen(s) ); //<-stops right on it ;-)
>       return s[0];
>    }
>    // Cheers!
>    // dan
> 
> */
> 
> #endif

That's more or less the same as contained in almost every <assert.h> header.
So what's new with your suggestion?

Regards Hartmut