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authorYasuo Ohgaki <yohgaki@php.net>2002-03-19 09:13:45 +0000
committerYasuo Ohgaki <yohgaki@php.net>2002-03-19 09:13:45 +0000
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Added README.SUBMITTING_PATCH file. Please fix/add/change.
Added more description for use of assert().
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@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ Exceptions:
[8] Use assert(). assert.h is included in php.h if it is available. Not only
does good assertion catch bugs, but it also helps with code readability.
+ - Do not use assert for error handling. Use assert only for the
+ condition that must be always true.
+ - Do not use assignments in assert conditions. If you assign inside an
+ assert condition, you risk an elusive bug that would be very difficult
+ to spot in a debug build, due to the side effect of the assignment.
+ Function calls in assert conditions may also cause this problem, if
+ they modify one of their arguments or global variables.
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