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RE: "Assertion failed!"
From: |
Daniel Rosen |
Subject: |
RE: "Assertion failed!" |
Date: |
Sat, 13 Jun 2015 16:39:55 +0000 |
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Kastrup [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2015 5:23 AM
> To: Andrew Bernard
> Cc: Daniel Rosen; address@hidden
> Subject: Re: "Assertion failed!"
>
> Andrew Bernard <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > Hi David,
> >
> > The one I have reported dumps core. So pretty much a fatal error.
>
> Assertion failures always dump core. The idea is that they dump core at a
> point of time where one is still reasonably close to the problem rather than
> at
> some arbitrary point later.
>
> A core dump can be used for analyzing the state of the program at the point
> of the core dump.
>
> > But it is good to know the program behaviour has been altered and that
> > accounts for why we are suddenly seeing assertion failures when they
> > occur.
>
> The difference is just that the production version of LilyPond no longer
> ignores assertions and just crosses fingers.
>
> Some assertions might warrant converting into programming errors, some
> assertions might warrant finding the cause and either fixing it or putting up
> some sensible continuation strategy.
>
> At any rate, the failed assertions will not go away by themselves:
> making suitable small examples and reporting them on the bug reporting list
> will give developers a chance to look at them as they occur.
>
> --
> David Kastrup
Would it still be helpful for me to submit a bug report, or have you now
identified an existing issue as the culprit?
DR
- "Assertion failed!", Daniel Rosen, 2015/06/12
- Re: "Assertion failed!", Nathan Ho, 2015/06/13
- RE: "Assertion failed!", Andrew Bernard, 2015/06/13
- Re: "Assertion failed!", David Kastrup, 2015/06/13
- Re: "Assertion failed!", Andrew Bernard, 2015/06/13
- Re: "Assertion failed!", David Kastrup, 2015/06/13
- RE: "Assertion failed!",
Daniel Rosen <=
- Re: "Assertion failed!", David Kastrup, 2015/06/13
- Re: "Assertion failed!", Colin Campbell, 2015/06/13
- Re: "Assertion failed!", Keith OHara, 2015/06/13
- Re: "Assertion failed!", Colin Campbell, 2015/06/14
RE: "Assertion failed!", Daniel Rosen, 2015/06/13