[Bitcoin-development] # error "Bitcoin cannot be compiled without assertions." <<<<NOT

[Jeff Garzik]

Yes, check macros like that can be useful.

I like the kernel's policy, which parallels our direction:
1) Enable and use lightweight assertions for most users.
2) No assertions with side effects

If you want to compile them out, that's fine, but they should always
be present in production software.



On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 6:20 AM, Mike Hearn <mike at plan99.net> wrote:
>> As a matter of procedure we do not use assertions with side effects— the
>> codebase did at one point, but have cleaned them up.  In an abundance of
>> caution we also made it refuse to compile without assertions enabled: A
>> decision who's wisdom was clearly demonstrated when not long after, some
>> additional side-effect having assert was contributed. In the real world
>> errors happen here and there, and making robust software involves defense in
>> depth.
>
>
> I think this class of errors could be removed entirely by just saying it's
> OK for assertions to have side effects and requiring them to be enabled, as
> is currently done.
>
> The glog library:
>
> http://google-glog.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/doc/glog.html
>
> provides CHECK macros that print stack traces when they fail. Using them
> would also be good.
>
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Jeff Garzik
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