Thread: assert

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    assert

    Hello everyone,


    I saw a couple of form of assert in code on Windows,

    1. ASSERT;
    2. assert;
    3. _ASSERT;
    4. _assert.

    Which one is the most correct to use? I saw people always define this to that, and I want to find the root one which is defined by Windows.

    I also saw people manually define assert to NULL if macro DEBUG or _DEBUG is not defined, is that necessary?

    I feel assert is in a mess and I want to find a clear and unified way for this item.


    thanks in advance,
    George

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    Here's a couple of links:
    http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...ez(VS.80).aspx
    http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...w4(VS.71).aspx

    http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...fa(vs.71).aspx

    assert is defined to "nothing" when NDEBUG is set. It may be that NDEBUG isn't strictly connected with _DEBUG or DEBUG, which may explain the #if statements you see - or someone has had some buggy/strange implementation of assert.h (or wherever the ASSERT came from)
    I don't like calling a "nothing" define NULL since it can be confused with the NULL that is used for pointers and such, or '\0' - empty is another option.

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