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

From: Hartmut Kaiser (hartmutkaiser_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-01-05 07:48:07

Dan W. wrote:

> > That's more or less the same as contained in almost every 
> <assert.h> header.
> > So what's new with your suggestion?
> 
> asm int 3
> 
> assert() terminates the program and displays a stupid message.
> 
> verify() works like a Break-Point, it just stops on the line 
> that failed to verify, and you can look at the variables, 
> change them;  you can choose to single-step from there.  And 
> without the __FILE__ and __LINE__ macros, it's a lot more 
> ligthweight... *Use by the thousands!*
> 
> The only problem with it is that it breaks the C/C++ 
> tradition of naming things something completely removed from 
> what they actually do... :)

At least at Intel platforms assert() is nothing more, than a fancy wrapper
for asm 3 (at least for VC7.1)! And as for __LINE__ and __FILE__ - it's a
matter of taste, if you want them to be included or not. I like to have this
info.

Regards Hartmut