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0 pointsJtsummers5mo ago0 comments

Because C's assert gets compiled out if you have NDEBUG defined in your program. How do you do conditional compilation in Go (at the level of conditionally including or not including a statement)?

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echoangle5mo ago

> How do you do conditional compilation in Go (at the level of conditionally including or not including a statement)?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36703867/golang-preproce...

Wouldn't this work? Surely the empty function would be removed completely during compilation?

JtsummersOP5mo ago

That builds or doesn't an entire file. Assert works as a statement. There is not an equivalent in Go to conditionally removing just a statement in a function based on a compile time option.

echoangle5mo ago

Can’t you include or not include a function that contains a single assert, and depending on the condition, the function call is removed or included?

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casparvitch5mo ago

Ah apologies I misunderstood, thanks

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0 pointsJtsummers5mo ago0 comments

Because C's assert gets compiled out if you have NDEBUG defined in your program. How do you do conditional compilation in Go (at the level of conditionally including or not including a statement)?

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echoangle5mo ago

> How do you do conditional compilation in Go (at the level of conditionally including or not including a statement)?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36703867/golang-preproce...

Wouldn't this work? Surely the empty function would be removed completely during compilation?

JtsummersOP5mo ago

That builds or doesn't an entire file. Assert works as a statement. There is not an equivalent in Go to conditionally removing just a statement in a function based on a compile time option.

echoangle5mo ago

Can’t you include or not include a function that contains a single assert, and depending on the condition, the function call is removed or included?

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casparvitch5mo ago

Ah apologies I misunderstood, thanks

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