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From: Ralph Corderoy <ralph@inputplus.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] what's wrong with this?
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 09:28:47 +0000
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Hi Charles,

> i was wondering whether the C assert macro was regarded as
> an expression or a statement, but as usual my C book isn't
> nearby.

Harbison and Steele say it acts as if it was

    void assert(int expr);

and if NDEBUG is #define'd then an implementation may #define assert to
be

    ((void)0)

Cheers,


Ralph.