From: Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>
To: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Subject: assert vs BUG [was: [PATCH v1 05/10] cat-file: use delta_base_cache entries directly]
Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2024 17:36:37 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240818173637.M96307@dcvr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240726074201.M876490@dcvr>
Eric Wong <e@80x24.org> wrote:
> Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> wrote:
> > We shouldn't use asserts, but rather use `BUG()` statements in our
> > codebase. `assert()`s don't help users that run production builds.
>
> OK.
Thinking about this more, I still favor assert() in common code
paths since it's only meant to be used during development and
later removed or neutralized (via -DNDEBUG).
IOW, I treat assert() as scaffolding that can/should later be
removed once the code is proven to work well. We also have
plenty of existing asserts in our codebase.
Furthermore, assert() is also a well known API which reduces the
learning curve for drive-by hackers (I still consider myself
a drive-by since my I do minimal C).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-08-18 17:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 51+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-07-15 0:35 [PATCH v1 00/10] cat-file speedups Eric Wong
2024-07-15 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 01/10] packfile: move sizep computation Eric Wong
2024-07-24 8:35 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-07-15 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 02/10] packfile: allow content-limit for cat-file Eric Wong
2024-07-24 8:35 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-07-26 7:30 ` Eric Wong
2024-07-15 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 03/10] packfile: fix off-by-one in content_limit comparison Eric Wong
2024-07-24 8:35 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-07-26 7:43 ` Eric Wong
2024-07-15 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 04/10] packfile: inline cache_or_unpack_entry Eric Wong
2024-07-15 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 05/10] cat-file: use delta_base_cache entries directly Eric Wong
2024-07-24 8:35 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-07-26 7:42 ` Eric Wong
2024-08-18 17:36 ` Eric Wong [this message]
2024-08-19 15:50 ` assert vs BUG [was: [PATCH v1 05/10] cat-file: use delta_base_cache entries directly] Junio C Hamano
2024-07-15 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 06/10] packfile: packed_object_info avoids packed_to_object_type Eric Wong
2024-07-24 8:36 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-07-26 8:01 ` Eric Wong
2024-07-15 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 07/10] object_info: content_limit only applies to blobs Eric Wong
2024-07-15 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 08/10] cat-file: batch-command uses content_limit Eric Wong
2024-07-15 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 09/10] cat-file: batch_write: use size_t for length Eric Wong
2024-07-15 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 10/10] cat-file: use writev(2) if available Eric Wong
2024-07-24 8:35 ` [PATCH v1 00/10] cat-file speedups Patrick Steinhardt
2024-08-23 22:46 ` [PATCH v2 " Eric Wong
2024-08-23 22:46 ` [PATCH v2 01/10] packfile: move sizep computation Eric Wong
2024-09-17 10:06 ` Taylor Blau
2024-08-23 22:46 ` [PATCH v2 02/10] packfile: allow content-limit for cat-file Eric Wong
2024-08-26 17:10 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-08-27 20:23 ` Eric Wong
2024-09-17 10:10 ` Taylor Blau
2024-09-17 21:15 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-08-23 22:46 ` [PATCH v2 03/10] packfile: fix off-by-one in content_limit comparison Eric Wong
2024-08-26 16:55 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-09-17 10:11 ` Taylor Blau
2024-08-23 22:46 ` [PATCH v2 04/10] packfile: inline cache_or_unpack_entry Eric Wong
2024-08-26 17:09 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-10-06 17:40 ` Eric Wong
2024-08-23 22:46 ` [PATCH v2 05/10] cat-file: use delta_base_cache entries directly Eric Wong
2024-08-26 21:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-08-26 23:05 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-08-23 22:46 ` [PATCH v2 06/10] packfile: packed_object_info avoids packed_to_object_type Eric Wong
2024-08-26 21:50 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-08-23 22:46 ` [PATCH v2 07/10] object_info: content_limit only applies to blobs Eric Wong
2024-08-26 22:02 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-08-23 22:46 ` [PATCH v2 08/10] cat-file: batch-command uses content_limit Eric Wong
2024-08-26 22:13 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-08-23 22:46 ` [PATCH v2 09/10] cat-file: batch_write: use size_t for length Eric Wong
2024-08-27 5:06 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-08-23 22:46 ` [PATCH v2 10/10] cat-file: use writev(2) if available Eric Wong
2024-08-27 5:41 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-08-27 15:43 ` Junio C Hamano
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