On 07/31/2014 12:39 AM, Walter Bright wrote:
On 7/30/2014 2:30 PM, Timon Gehr wrote:
Did you read the article?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assertion_%28computing%29#Disabling_assertions
'[...] disabling assertion checking can mean that a program that would
have
aborted will continue to run. This is sometimes preferable.'
This is not what DMD does in -release where assertions are 'disabled'. It
follows a diametrally opposite philosophy.
Not at all. The Wikipedia article does not argue that the program will
continue in a valid state.
Then you must also hold the belief that continuing to run in an invalid
state is sometimes preferable?
