On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 10:51 AM, Isaac Truett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
> > I'm curious what things you're referring to here. Generally, I think
> we're
> > pretty open to more checks in hosted mode. As an example, hosted mode
> always
> > runs with assertions enabled.
>
> More assertions are exactly what I've been hoping for. The one case
> that's stuck with me was issue 2365. As I understand it, those
> assertions (and the check method, if only called in assertions) will
> all be compiled away, so there's no size or performance penalty in web
> mode.


That's exactly right. And as we add new library classes, I anticipate we'll
be doing a lot more assertion checking versus if/then/throw type tests. This
is one area where I honestly believe the traditional Java patterns are just
plain wrong: coding that's far too defensive.

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