Design By Contract

[Bruno Medeiros]

Chris Nicholson-Sauls wrote:
> Stephane Wirtel wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I don't know if there is a release mode or debug mode, so. I did not
>> read the specs of D. I would like to known if is it possible to disable
>> the design by contract in release mode ?
>>
>> Thanks
> 
> Well, there is debug mode, release mode, and what I like to term 
> "indifferent mode."  To get debug mode you, simply enough, pass the 
> "-debug" command line switch to DMD.  To get release mode, you pass 
> "-release" to it, which disables all the runtime features covered by 
> Design-by-Contract, and a few other things.  To get "indifferent mode" 
> just don't pass either switch.  I'm really not sure what to say about 
> it, except that it neither passes the debug flag to the parser (there is 
> a 'debug' attribute that can be used for applying debug-mode-only code, 
> with an optional 'else' clause for its indifferent/release-mode 
> counterpart), nor does it seem to cut out the features that release-mode 
> cuts.  Its... just there.  Huh.
> 
> In short, essentially... yes.  In release mode, all runtime 
> Design-by-Contract (and other related things) are gone.
> 
> -- Chris Nicholson-Sauls

And what do you call "-release -debug" mode? It's confusing (perhaps 
unnecessarily) but the two options are not related, there are 4 "modes".


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Bruno Medeiros - MSc in CS/E student
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