ranjith kumar <ranjit_kumar_b4u@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > What is the purpose of gcc_assert() function? > Any resource please. > > > 574 #define gcc_assert(EXPR) > \ > 575 ((void)(!(EXPR) ? fancy_abort (__FILE__, > __LINE__, __FUNCTION__), 0 : 0)) > 576 #else > 577 /* Include EXPR, so that unused variable > warnings do not occur. */ > 578 #define gcc_assert(EXPR) ((void)(0 && (EXPR))) > 579 #endif It's a version of the standard assert function used in the gcc sources. For gcc's purposes it is better than assert because dumping core is under the control of the -dH option. Ian
