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From: pdimov_at_[hidden]
Date: 2007-11-03 18:47:18

Author: pdimov
Date: 2007-11-03 18:47:17 EDT (Sat, 03 Nov 2007)
New Revision: 40731
URL: http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/40731

Log:
Added a sentence with a brief explanation of the intended uses of BOOST_VERIFY.
Text files modified:
trunk/libs/utility/assert.html | 16 +++++++++-------
1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

Modified: trunk/libs/utility/assert.html
==============================================================================
--- trunk/libs/utility/assert.html (original)
+++ trunk/libs/utility/assert.html 2007-11-03 18:47:17 EDT (Sat, 03 Nov 2007)
@@ -47,13 +47,15 @@
 As is the case with <cassert>, <boost/assert.hpp>
 can be included multiple times in a single translation unit. BOOST_ASSERT
 will be redefined each time as specified above.
- <boost/assert.hpp> also defines the macro BOOST_VERIFY.
- It has exactly the same behavior as BOOST_ASSERT, except
- that the expression that is passed to BOOST_VERIFY is always
- evaluated.
+ <boost/assert.hpp> also defines the macro BOOST_VERIFY.
+ It has exactly the same behavior as BOOST_ASSERT, except that
+ the expression that is passed to BOOST_VERIFY is always
+ evaluated. This is useful when the asserted expression has desirable side
+ effects; it can also help suppress warnings about unused variables when the
+ only use of the variable is inside an assertion.
 
- Copyright © 2002, 2007 by Peter Dimov. Distributed under the Boost
- Software License, Version 1.0. See accompanying file <A href="../../LICENSE_1_0.txt">
- LICENSE_1_0.txt</A> or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt.
+ Copyright © 2002, 2007 by Peter Dimov. Distributed under the Boost Software
+ License, Version 1.0. See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt
+ or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt.
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