* Re: abort () is scm_gc_sweep ()
[not found] <20031010133428.GK7199@powergnu.laas.fr>
@ 2003-11-12 23:50 ` Marius Vollmer
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From: Marius Vollmer @ 2003-11-12 23:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Ludovic Courtès <ludovic.courtes@laas.fr> writes:
> In function scm_gc_sweep () (gc.c:1922) appears the following condition:
>
> if (scm_mallocated < m)
> abort ();
>
> The comment above the abort () is very clear about why this happens.
> However, since the triggering of this abort () can only be due to the
> non respect of Guile's programming conventions by the programmer, I
> think it would be a good idea to rather use something like
>
> assert (scm_mallocated < m);
>
> instead of just abort ().
Yes, that would be better. There are a lot of places where we use
abort. Maybe most of them could be changed to assertions.
So, if someone has a patch... ;-)
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