Messages in this thread | | | From | Ian D Romanick <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] *(int*)0 = 0 & variations | Date | Tue, 29 Jun 1999 09:14:18 -0700 (PDT) |
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> > > If they have no side-effect, then there is no point in evaluating them with > > > NDEBUG set. Please, let's not try to hide bugs. > > If they have no side-effect, they'll compile to *NO CODE*. > > It doesn't matter what kassert does in this case. > > Oh, yes it does: the compiler cannot always prove the code to be side-effect > free, else the same analysis could be used to warn of improper use of > assert.
Though not particularly useful for the kernel at this point, LCLint can be used to detect macros with side effects.
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