Improve Your Programming with Asserts

By Bruce D. Rosenblum

Dr. Dobb's Journal December 1997

(a)
h = GlobalAlloc(size_t, flags);
if(h ++ NULL)
   ASSERT(h != NULL, "Allocation failed");
else
   DoThis(h);
(b) 
m_pBtn = new CButton ();
ASSERT(m_pBtn != NULL, "Button not instantiated");

Example 1: (a) Do not assert memory errors. (b) Code to avoid in source files.

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