alt Hacker NewsIt does in Rust: assert is always enabled, whereas the debug-only version is called debug_assert.
But yes, “assert” in most languages is debug-only.
It does in Rust: assert is always enabled, whereas the debug-only version is called debug_assert.
But yes, “assert” in most languages is debug-only.
He said
> some people would expect it to enforce that the pointer is non-null, then proceed
No language magically makes the pointer non-null and then continues. I don't even know what that would mean.