assert(false) in release == splinter in eye

[Vladimir Panteleev]

On Mon, 11 Oct 2010 00:22:38 +0300, Tomek Sowiński <just at ask.me> wrote:

> BTW, does anybody know the reason for the assert(0) infernal syntax?

 From http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/expression.html#AssertExpression:

"The expression assert(0) is a special case; it signifies that it is  
unreachable code. Either AssertError is thrown at runtime if it is  
reachable, or the execution is halted (on the x86 processor, a HLT  
instruction can be used to halt execution). The optimization and code  
generation phases of compilation may assume that it is unreachable code."

Sometimes it's useful to add an assert(0) at the end of a function which  
should always return at other points, but the compiler can't know that.

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  Vladimir                            mailto:vladimir at thecybershadow.net