Re: [Boost-users] <cassert> in the boost libraries

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-05 08:51:02

David Abrahams wrote:

>>> Could the authors of the libraries (or the reviewers) please grep
>>> through the code and change the cassert (or assert.h) includes to
>>> boost/assert.hpp, and consequently, change assert(...) to
>>> BOOST_ASSERT(...)?
>>
>> It's a very good idea, and I think we should do it.
>
> Although I guess we have to be pretty careful, since things like
> polymorphic_downcast are documented as using the standard assert
> macro.  Technically speaking, it's a breaking change.

BOOST_ASSERT defaults to assert, though. So it might be acceptable, even 
though BOOST_ASSERT wasn't meant to be used in interfaces.