On Nov 22, 2006, at 16:04 UTC, Daniel Stenning wrote: > What is wrong with making this optional? Think of loop based repetitive > code demanding the highest level of performance ( for example real-time or > DSP related code ) - in that situation one would not want any error checks > inside the loop in the final release.
True, and in those cases you could wrap your assertions in #if DebugBuild. > Of course the same program might very well use lots of asserts left in place > in the final release elsewhere where performance is not an issue, but the > decision ought to be left to the developer. Agreed. Thankfully, we have a mechanism for that already. Best, - Joe -- Joe Strout -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Verified Express, LLC "Making the Internet a Better Place" http://www.verex.com/ _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
