[geos-devel] RE: JTS Assert class

[Martin Davis]

Yep, that's the intention.

It should be no problem replacing it with the standard C++ assert.  We
only used our own class because at that time Java did not have a
built-in assert facility.

Martin Davis, Senior Technical Architect
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: strk [mailto:strk at keybit.net] 
> Sent: February 6, 2006 4:29 AM
> To: Martin Davis
> Cc: geos-devel at geos.refractions.net
> Subject: JTS Assert class
> 
> 
> Martin, am I right assuming the Assert
> class to be only used to catch developer
> errors (as contrary to user input execptions)?
> 
> I'm thinking about changing all Assert::isTrue()
> calls with assert() macro provided by standard
> C++ lib. An expression evaluating to false
> will abort the program.
> 
> --strk;
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