Re: assert_handler?
Geoff Carlton wrote:
Thorsten Ottosen wrote:
Geoff Carlton wrote:
I've read that paper and it is very interesting. However, I was
struck that despite the addition of preconditions, postconditions,
and invariants, there was no actual replacement for a standard assert.
The closest is a block invariant wrapped in its own scope:
myval = func1(x);
{ invariant { myval < 10; } }
myval = func2(x);
{ invariant { myval < 20; } }
Why do you want to wrap the block-invariant in its own scope?
It was my understanding that a block invariant tests a value is correct
for its entire enclosing scope. Similar to a class invariant testing
for a class lifetime, a block invariant would ensure correctness for the
entire enclosing block.
Nope.
The example given is a loop variable i that is always <10 in the loop
scope.
The example is:
void foo()
{
int i = 0;
for(;;)
{
invariant { i < 10; }
...
}
}
If this reading is incorrect and the block invariant is a "test and
forget" then it indeed does replace assert.
That is the intend. No magic here :-)
-Thorsten
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