[938] in java-interest
Re: Assertions in Java
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mide Services)
Tue Aug 15 19:00:58 1995
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 14:10:00 GMT
From: Mide Services <mideservices@almide.demon.co.uk>
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I agree with Andrew Carlson's idea,
That there should be a facility to switch Asserts in and out. It's
also useful to have conditional compilation.
The problem with C and then C++ is the freedom they allow to invent
short-term tricks at the expense of long-term clarity and integration.
The preprocessor is the equivalent of GOTO; it makes for spaghetti.
If there could be well defined pragmas, like wot Algol 68 had, I see
only benefits.
Sandy
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