From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.6 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36AAB20954 for ; Thu, 23 Nov 2017 00:10:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751731AbdKWAKv (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Nov 2017 19:10:51 -0500 Received: from cloud.peff.net ([104.130.231.41]:38272 "HELO cloud.peff.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751575AbdKWAKu (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Nov 2017 19:10:50 -0500 Received: (qmail 8943 invoked by uid 109); 23 Nov 2017 00:10:50 -0000 Received: from Unknown (HELO peff.net) (10.0.1.2) by cloud.peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.94) with SMTP; Thu, 23 Nov 2017 00:10:50 +0000 Authentication-Results: cloud.peff.net; auth=none Received: (qmail 6081 invoked by uid 111); 23 Nov 2017 00:11:06 -0000 Received: from sigill.intra.peff.net (HELO sigill.intra.peff.net) (10.0.0.7) by peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.94) with ESMTPA; Wed, 22 Nov 2017 19:11:06 -0500 Authentication-Results: peff.net; auth=pass (cram-md5) smtp.auth=relayok Received: by sigill.intra.peff.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 22 Nov 2017 19:10:48 -0500 Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 19:10:48 -0500 From: Jeff King To: Jonathan Nieder Cc: Stefan Beller , git@vger.kernel.org, git@jeffhostetler.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Introduce BUG_ON(cond, msg) MACRO Message-ID: <20171123001048.GA9465@sigill> References: <20171122223827.26773-1-sbeller@google.com> <20171122232457.GA8577@sigill> <20171122232814.GH11671@aiede.mtv.corp.google.com> <20171122233905.GC8577@sigill> <20171122234532.GI11671@aiede.mtv.corp.google.com> <20171122235851.GE8577@sigill> <20171123000839.GL11671@aiede.mtv.corp.google.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20171123000839.GL11671@aiede.mtv.corp.google.com> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 04:08:39PM -0800, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > > For the record, I'm totally fine with banning assert() in favor of a > > custom equivalent. I just don't think we've seen any real problems with > > assert in our codebase so far. > > It sounds like we basically agree, then. :) Yeah, I didn't quite understand your argument at first. If it's that asserts are potentially dangerous, I buy that. They haven't bit us, but they could. That would be a good thing for Stefan to put in his commit message. ;) -Peff