assert(false, "...") doesn't terminate program?!

[Walter Bright]

On 10/30/2012 5:53 AM, Don Clugston wrote:
 > > I think the code would be
 >> better written as:
 >>
 >>      if (toInt() == 0) throw new Error();
 >>
 >> If you really must have a divide by zero fault,
 >>
 >>      if (toInt() == 0) divideByZero();
 >>
 >> where:
 >>
 >>      void divideByZero()
 >>      {
 >>           static int x;
 >>           *cast(int*)0 = x / 0;
 >>      }
 >
 > And that works because writes to 0 _are_ considered a side-effect?
 > Is that guaranteed to work?

Writing through a pointer is considered a side effect.