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> From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm)
> Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 12:15:44 +0100
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> 
> > I disagree. xassert should only be disabled for releases. We want to
> > find the bugs now, even if it takes time to fix them. CVS should not
> > be considered a stable release.
> 
> I agree, but...
> 
> Proving the presense of bugs is no aim in itself (I'm sure there are
> many bugs, but if they are "mostly harmless" it is not critical to
> find them).

If some places where xassert is used are revealing harmless
situations, let's remove those xassert's.