From: Ben Laurie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
ben> Hmm. And I'm always getting criticised for using assertions (not
ben> that it stops me, but it does irritate me!).
Wisely used asserts are a good thing (they should indicate that the
program was incorrectly implemented or compiled). However, there's
been people misusing them to catch run-time errors that should just
make the function return an error code. I would assume the critics
are really having knee-jerk reactions when faced with an assertion.
That is, unless you have done the kind of misuse I think about :-).
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