Re: abort vs. assert

[Bruno Haible]

Hi Jim,

> You might just as well define and use your own macro,
> 
>     #define ASSERT(e) do { if (!(e)) abort (); } while (0)

Oh yes, this one is perfectly fine with me.

> you assert a condition rather than testing its negation.

Good point. Yes, I too get confused when reading through a bunch
of negated assertions like

     if (index < 0 || index >= count)
       return -1;

>     #ifdef NDEBUG
>     # error "disable assertions herein at your peril -- and if you disable 
> then nonetheless, then don't report bugs"
>     #endif

Hehe, I guess I would attract some complaints if I was to publish such code ;-)

Bruno