• Sean L. Palmer (6/6) Jun 15 2002 just wondering if assert could be made syntactically more like return
• Walter (4/10) Jun 15 2002 Assert is implemented as an expression, not a statement, so leaving off ...
• Pavel Minayev (3/5) Jun 16 2002
• Walter (5/9) Jun 16 2002 wrote:

"Sean L. Palmer" <seanpalmer earthlink.net> writes:

just wondering if assert could be made syntactically more like return
(doesn't need parenthesis, but it's ok if they're present):

void foo(int x)
{
   assert x < 5;
}

"Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> writes:

"Sean L. Palmer" <seanpalmer earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:aef8gf$2lbm$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 just wondering if assert could be made syntactically more like return
 (doesn't need parenthesis, but it's ok if they're present):

 void foo(int x)
 {
    assert x < 5;
 }

Assert is implemented as an expression, not a statement, so leaving off the
() would cause some parsing ambiguities.

Pavel Minayev <evilone omen.ru> writes:

On Sat, 15 Jun 2002 23:07:50 -0700 "Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> wrote:

 Assert is implemented as an expression, not a statement, so leaving off the
 () would cause some parsing ambiguities.

 
And what's it type? void?

"Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> writes:

"Pavel Minayev" <evilone omen.ru> wrote in message
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 On Sat, 15 Jun 2002 23:07:50 -0700 "Walter" <walter digitalmars.com>

wrote:
 Assert is implemented as an expression, not a statement, so leaving off


the
 () would cause some parsing ambiguities.

 And what's it type? void?

Yes. (You obviously think like I do <g>.)