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Re: __assert_fail should not be __attribute__((__noreturn__))

On Sonntag, 4. April 2004 00:07, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> Johannes Sixt wrote:
> > It would be helpful if
>
> Then develop your own debugging scheme.  assert() stays as it is since
> we are not going to punish everybody by hurting performance just because
> you want to do something else.

I do not propose to change assert() (the public interface) nor the 
implementation in libc. Moreover, I don't see the _performace_ hit if the 
penalty is in code that by default is never reached. So, I don't see that 
everybody would be hurt. What's the problem?

-- Hannes
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