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From: aug@cybvax0.UUCP (Alan Green)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: Re: C-Debug package ... (a la "context-independent macros")
Message-ID: <337@cybvax0.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 3-Feb-85 18:00:05 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb  3 18:00:05 1985
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Reply-To: aug@cybvax0.UUCP (Alan Green)
Organization: Cybermation, Inc., Cambridge, MA
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Summary: 

> Okay, folks, we've discussed this one before.  The macro
> 
> #define assert(x) if (!(x)) die_miserably("x bombed\n")
> 
> doesn't work because of problems with a missing else.  It was suggested
> ...

Whats wrong with:

#define assert(cond)	( (cond) ? 0 : \
			    (fprintf (stderr, \
				"assertion failed at line %d in file %s\n", \
					__LINE__, __FILE__), \
			     exit(-1) \
			    ) \
			)

	???


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