"Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen(a)xemacs.org> writes:
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Aidan> That's not true. The X code, while filled with calls to
Aidan> ABORT(), only calls it in truly exceptional conditions,
Aidan> that indicate programming errors somewhere, the sort of
Aidan> place where an assertion would be a better choice since the
Aidan> check can be turned off in a production build. This patch
Aidan> changes them to assertions
I really, really am scared by this. If these conditions should
manifest, there's big trouble ahead.
I completely agree with this. Making this sort of fault development
time only can lead to insanity; better it faults for everyone than tries
to struggle on after the "impossible error."
Daniel
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