Re: [boost] expected/result/etc

Subject: Re: [boost] expected/result/etc
From: Peter Dimov (lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-02-11 20:26:29

Gavin Lambert wrote:
> >> Again, an assert is a useful tool in debug mode but it disappears in 
> >> release mode.  The only reason to elide this check is for performance.
> >
> > That's correct.
>
> Then it appears we are in violent agreement after all. :)

No, we aren't. Performance is a legitimate reason to elide the check, but 
it's not the reason that op* doesn't throw (by contract). Again, throwing on 
a logic error is an oxymoron. If the function is specified to throw under 
such-and-such conditions, it's not an error to call it under those 
conditions.

All that seems to deviate a bit from the actual topic of the thread though.