While it is a good idea to leave assertions enabled as often and as long as possible, there are times when one has to switch them off. Traditional asserts also rely on thorough testing. Since classic asserts are checked runtime, violations of assumptions will only be reported if there are ...
Assertions are a means of automatically verifying assumptions made by program developers. If an assumption is wrong, the program is terminated abnormally and a diagnostic message is displayed. Assertions are no substitute for proper error handling. Assertions can be viewed as dynamic documentation since...
Much has been written about the many advantages of assertions; see, for instance, Steve Maguire's Writing Solid Code (Microsoft Press, 1993). In a nutshell, assertions are a means of automatically verifying assumptions made by developers; see Listing 1.If an assumption is wrong (the ...