[Python-Dev] assert(blah blah) in the C code base
Eric V. Smith
eric at trueblade.com
Sat Dec 28 02:45:29 CET 2013
On 12/27/2013 7:53 PM, Ethan Furman wrote:
> Greetings!
>
> I'm working on Issue19995, and I'm seeing stuff like this:
>
> assert(PyLong_Check(val));
>
> My question is: Are these asserts in final production code?
>
> My possible scenarios are:
>
> - the assert isn't in place
> - the assert isn't working correctly
> - PyLong_Check isn't working correctly
> - the non-ints are being converted before the function
> containing the assert is called
>
> The fourth possibility is the most likely, but since I don't know how
> assert() works in C I can't be sure.
>
> Any quick pointers?
http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/cassert/assert/
They should be completely removed in a non-debug build (when NDEBUG is
defined).
Eric.
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