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Do Programmers Actually Use Assertions?

Posted by Cliff on from the there-are-some-out-there dept.

P.Chalin queries: "Do programmers actually use assertions (like the assert statement of various programming languages)? If so, what should be done when errors or exceptions are raised during the evaluation of an assertion? I am collecting opinions and stats via a short questionnaire. Thanks."

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  1. No. by Saeed+al-Sahaf · · Score: 5, Funny

    Real programmers do not use them. Code works fine the first time. You have "bugs" in your code???

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    1. Re:No. by fornaxsw · · Score: 2, Funny

      Real programmers do not use them. Code works fine the first time. You have "bugs" in your code???

      Yeah, exactly. My code always works fine the first time, and has plenty of undocumented "features" to boot.

    2. Re:No. by sharkey · · Score: 2, Funny

      That's some assertion! You MUST be a real programmer.

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  2. Dependable Software Research Group? by HopeOS · · Score: 2, Funny

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    Perhaps posting to slashdot wasn't the best way to collect data, but it will give them something to think about with regards to server application reliability.

    -Hope

  3. My Ass Erts by lbmouse · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...when I sit and code too long.

  4. Wait a minute... by fornaxsw · · Score: 2, Funny

    I am collecting opinions and stats via a short questionnaire. Thanks.

    No...no this is not right at all. I already got tricked into giving out my personal info in exchange for a candy bar...no more surveys for me.

    Wait, are there movie passes being given away?

  5. Re:assert ==let by AndroidCat · · Score: 3, Funny

    Dartmouth. If you used LET, did the computer really have to do it? They should have been more definite and used a MAKE, FORCE or DOITORDIE statement.

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  6. Why use assertions... by Look+KG486 · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...when "assumptions" will do? ;-)

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  7. Re:How accurate can this survey be? by dejavudeux · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah. And that is great for me because I have an assertion-related agenda that I want to promote. And now I can stuff the survey! Mwa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!

  8. Re:I use Eiffel-style assertions in C++ by FuzzyDaddy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Programming by contract is all very nice until your methods start suing one another...

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