Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 23:40:05 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@HeadCandy.com> To: Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <Hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: kernel assertions (Rev. 1) Message-ID: <199607310640.XAA02552@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of Wed, 31 Jul 96 15:07:14 %2B0900. <Pine.SV4.3.93.960731135230.12103C-100000@parkplace.cet.co.jp>
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>The REQUIRE2 stuff can replace the
>
>#ifdef DIAGNOSTICS
> if (expr)
> panic(expl);
>#endif
I prefer asserts to call "Debugger()", rather than "panic()", and
that's how I write my assertion macros. How are you supposed to debug
something if it panics?
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