NAME


assert.h - verify program assertion


SYNOPSIS


#include


DESCRIPTION


The header shall define the assert() macro. It refers to the macro NDEBUG which is not defined in the header. If NEDBUG is defines as a macro name before the inclusion of this header, the assert() macro shall be defined simply as:


    #defien assert(ignore)((void)0)


Otherwise, the macro behaves as described in assert().


The assert() macro shall be inplemented to the current state of BDEBUG each time is included. 


The assert() macro shall be implemented as a macro, not as a function. If the macro defintion is suppressed in order to access an actual function, the behavior is undefined.


The following sections are informative.


APPLICATION USAGE


None.


PATIONALE


None.


FUTURE DIRECTIONS


None.


SEE ALSO


The System Interfaces volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, assert()