Re: [Boost-users] BOOST_ASSERT and others

From: abir basak (abirbasak_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-12-20 00:16:16

Sebastian Redl wrote:
> Andrew Holden wrote:
>> Actually, it will.  The versions of assert that I have seen will print
>> the complete expression that failed before they stop the program.  This
>> will include the string.
>>   
> My mistake. I thought the post was in answer to the second issue the
> author presented, that of printing debug messages.
> 
> Sebastian Redl
For the second problem, i.e. printing a debug only message , may be a 
simple solution is a macro like,
  #ifdef _DEBUG
#define DEBUG_PRINT(msg) \
   std::cerr << "DEBUG: " << msg << std::endl \
   <<"("<<__FUNCTION__<<") "<<std::endl;
#else
#define DEBUG_PRINT(msg) do {} while(0);
#endif
But it is only too primitive one. as it lacks functionality in terms
1) not cross platform , as _DEBUG is not a standard macro.
2) it doesn't allow to evaluate an expression, only can print a string, 
that to only ascii. If C++ supports variable number of args in macro 
like C, I could have written it in terms of printf. But again, in that 
case type safety is important, as a statement like
DEBUG_PRINT("my i is %i\n",i++) should not be allowed.

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Abir Basak, Member IEEE
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