On 31/07/13 08:45, Tyler Romeo wrote: > Assertions and exceptions are fundamentally different concepts. Assertions > should be used for statements that literally should always be true. And I > mean that almost mathematically, as in most assertions should be able to be > logically proven. This is why they can be turned off on production servers, > because they simply won't happen.
Interesting concept. I think in C, they are most often used for validating function input, so obviously they can be hit. The Wikipedia articles [[Assertion (software development)]] and [[Precondition]] both mention this usage. In the Wikidata code in question, assertions are used for both preconditions and postconditions of non-private functions. -- Tim Starling _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
