LONG Re: Suggestion: "fix" assert(obj)

[Tristam MacDonald]

Actually, I would expect it to be a no-op, since the fewer conditions that must be satisfied, the less likely the assert is to fail. Think of a nullary logic ops in scheme, etc. (and, or)...

Georg Wrede Wrote:
> What would your reaction be if you find the following line inside a method?
> 
>    assert();
> 
> What's the first thought? Apart from that it must cause a compiler error 
> since there's no expression at all. What would you expect it to do? If I 
> told you we've fixed gdc so that an empty assert within a method causes 
> immediate assertion of the current instance's consistency, would you 
> approve?