Assertion Error

Somehow, I found this amusing. ;)

"overblown speak-and-spell". :rofl: :D :D

Good stuff. :)

Heh :) . My computer's waaaay too aggressive, it tries to kill me all the time. It's crazy.

made me chuckle...good stuff, 8/10

Thanks Prelude :)

Prelude.Reputation++;

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You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Prelude again.

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Makes me sad :(

Hehe.

Wait...


What is an assertion error, anyways?

assertion errors are, under normal circumstances, errors purposely thrown by the programmer to catch bugs in the code.

For example, if a programmer codes a function that he KNOWS should always return true, but he has a feeling it might be returning false, he could do:

assert myBooleanFunctionThatShouldReturnTrue( );

if it returns false, the assert statement will generate an assertion error and the program will stop execution.

Normally you have to turn assertions on using a command line statement or the compiler will roll right over them like they werent even there.

>What is an assertion error, anyways?
An error found in debugging that says the code is broken. For example:

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#include <assert.h>

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int
foo(
  char *p
  )
{
  assert(p != NULL);
  ...
}

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If foo is passed a null pointer then the calling code is wrong. Assertions should never be seen by end users. ;)

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Originally Posted by Prelude

Assertions should never be seen by end users. ;)

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That's odd, the amount of times I've seen them in release programs I thought they were an integral part of MS Visual C++ Runtime (MSVCRT.DLL). That and null pointer assignments.

Usually I just test specific cases and if there's a problem I just open up a message box and swear at myself. Oh well... :rolleyes:

>That's odd, the amount of times I've seen them in release programs I thought they were an integral part of MS Visual C++ Runtime (MSVCRT.DLL).
This would be funny without any additional comment, but I feel the need to bring it to everyone's attention nonetheless. :)

As a former UO addict, roleplayer and geek, that site made my day. Great stuff :D :D :D

Oh. I see.

So there on purpose, eh? Nifty.