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Re: Assert for frontend programs?

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>

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From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas@vmware.com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2012-12-16T06:29:47Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Fri, 2012-12-14 at 17:03 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Having the layer is a good thing, eg so that USE_ASSERT_CHECKING
> can control it, or so that somebody can inject a different behavior
> if they want. 

You could also (or at least additionally) map !USE_ASSERT_CHECKING to
NDEBUG.  This would also help with imported code that calls assert()
directly.