[bug #20262] findutils uses assert to verify conditions checkable at compile time

[James Youngman]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?20262>

                 Summary: findutils uses assert to verify conditions
checkable at compile time
                 Project: findutils
            Submitted by: jay
            Submitted on: Tuesday 06/26/2007 at 07:59
                Category: None
                Severity: 2 - Minor
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: None
           Fixed Release: None

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Details:

Eric writes:

> > @@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
> >    /* Without SIZE_MAX (i.e. limits.h) this is probably
> >     * close to the best we can do.
> >     */
> > -  assert(sizeof(size_t) <= sizeof(unsigned long));
> > +  assert (sizeof(size_t) <= sizeof(unsigned long));
> >  #endif
> 
> This would be a candidate for the gnulib verify module, 
> so you can make this assertion at compile-time instead of 
> runtime.




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