Re:Keeping a plaintext “did” file
by tga on Monday July 16, 2018 @08:19AM
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Depending on the language, they might not prevent anything because asserts can/will be ignored in production. See for example Java, python -O.
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Re:Keeping a plaintext “did” file
by dotancohen on Monday July 16, 2018 @08:35AM
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That's exactly why assert() is used and not if(). It is meant to be ignored in production in places where one would traditionally do `if (foo) { // This should never happen }`. Production code throws no Exception, in 20 ms the trajectory is recalculated anyway, and everybody is happy. Happens in testing or staging? The exception is logged and fixed.