Re: assert vs. std::logic_error?
On 2007-11-21 16:54, werasm wrote:
Hi all,
Care to share your thoughts on this, or point me to
some thoughts already shared.
My thoughts are like this (from a systems point of view):
When I have logic errors outside of my system (or software)
boundaries I throw a logic error (interface specification not
met, etc). This implies the system is logically erroneous. I
do not regard things like failure to read files or access hard-
ware in this light. For those I use runtime error (but that
steers from the question).
When I have errors due to requirements change inside my
software boundaries that cause code to break, I assert. I
try and do this in code that I know will be tested (this
may be hard to determine, but typically startup code).
Apart from above mentioned, I'm still on two minds on the topic.
Any other thoughts welcome.
The way I see it an assert should only trigger if there is something
wrong with your code and an exception should be thrown if something goes
wrong during the execution. In other words, you use asserts to check the
invariants that your code should preserve. As Alan said: a triggered
assert indicates a bug.
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Erik Wikstr?m
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