Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #7028: NDEBUG should disable asserts even if BOOST_ENABLE_ASSERT_HANDLER is defined

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #7028: NDEBUG should disable asserts even if BOOST_ENABLE_ASSERT_HANDLER is defined
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-03-14 22:19:48

#7028: NDEBUG should disable asserts even if BOOST_ENABLE_ASSERT_HANDLER is
defined
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  Reporter:  mgaunard                 |       Owner:  viboes                                                
      Type:  Feature Requests         |      Status:  assigned                                              
 Milestone:  To Be Determined         |   Component:  utility                                               
   Version:  Boost Development Trunk  |    Severity:  Problem                                               
Resolution:                           |    Keywords:  BOOST_ASSERT assert BOOST_ENABLE_ASSERT_HANDLER NDEBUG
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Changes (by viboes):

  * type:  Bugs => Feature Requests

Comment:

 Replying to [comment:7 mgaunard]:
 > I'd rather BOOST_ASSERT be modified to behave like BOOST_ASSERT_MSG
 does.
 > I see to no reason to have to depend on a BOOST_DISABLE_ASSERTS macro
 when NDEBUG exists precisely for that purpose.


 I don't know what will be the outcome of this issue, but BOOST_ASSERT
 implementation corresponds to the documentation, so I think that this must
 be handled as a feature request.

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/7028#comment:9>
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