Re: g_assert vs. g_return_if_fail

[Behdad Esfahbod <behdad behdad org>]

On 01/20/2010 02:03 PM, Martin Kalbfuß wrote:
> Thanks,
> 
> But why is it a disastrous idea?
> 
> When It's a clear programming error, why not abort the program with
> g_assert?

Because that can cause user data loss.

behdad



> Am Mittwoch, den 20.01.2010, 12:23 -0500 schrieb Behdad Esfahbod:
>> On 01/20/2010 12:28 PM, Martin Kalbfuß wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I don't understand the need for g_return_if_fail like functions. Why not
>>> use g_assert here?
>>>
>>> In pure C, I used either assert for programming errors or returned an
>>> error indicator for expected errors. But where to use g_return_if_fail?
>>
>> g_assert aborts the process, g_return_if_fail() doesn't.  It's a disastrous
>> idea to g_assert() in a library for example.
>>
>>
>>
>> behdad
>>
>>
>>> Thanks.
> 
> 
>