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$FreeBSD: head/share/man/man3/assert.3 85607 2001-10-27 20:11:10Z mike $
.Dd January 26, 1999 .Dt ASSERT 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm assert .Nd expression verification macro .Sh SYNOPSIS n assert.h .Fn assert expression .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn assert macro tests the given .Ar expression and if it is false, the calling process is terminated. A diagnostic message is written to .Em stderr and the function .Xr abort 3 is called, effectively terminating the program.
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$FreeBSD: head/share/man/man3/assert.3 85607 2001-10-27 20:11:10Z mike $
.Dd January 26, 1999 .Dt ASSERT 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm assert .Nd expression verification macro .Sh SYNOPSIS n assert.h .Fn assert expression .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn assert macro tests the given .Ar expression and if it is false, the calling process is terminated. A diagnostic message is written to .Em stderr and the function .Xr abort 3 is called, effectively terminating the program.
p If .Ar expression is true, the .Fn assert macro does nothing.
p The .Fn assert macro may be removed at compile time by defining .Dv NDEBUG as a macro (e.g., by using the .Xr cc 1 option .Fl D Ns Dv NDEBUG ) . .Sh EXAMPLES The assertion: d -literal -offset indent assert(1 == 0); .Ed
p generates a diagnostic message similar to the following: d -literal -offset indent assertion (1 == 0) failed: function main(), file assertion.c:100 .Ed .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr abort 3 .Sh STANDARDS The .Fn assert macro conforms to .St -isoC-99 . .Sh HISTORY An .Nm macro appeared in .At v6 .