Enable assertion output and --disable-assert for configure.

[bison.git] / src / system.h

diff --git a/src/system.h b/src/system.h
index 8ea5653157fdc72feca09a0324b78b9ae0481f4c..8d2358c29eda8fc591f2b88c850bc5338ca50109 100644 (file)
--- a/src/system.h
+++ b/src/system.h
@@ -123,17 +123,26 @@ typedef size_t uintptr_t;
 | Assertions.  |
 `-------------*/
 
-/* <assert.h>'s assertions are too heavyweight, and can be disabled
-   too easily, so use aver rather than assert.  See discussions at
+/* In the past, Bison defined aver to simply invoke abort in the case of
+   a failed assertion.  The rationale was that <assert.h>'s assertions
+   were too heavyweight and could be disabled too easily.  See
+   discussions at
    <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bison-patches/2006-01/msg00080.html>
    <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bison-patches/2006-09/msg00111.html>.
+
+   However, normal assert output can be helpful during development and
+   in bug reports from users.  Moreover, it's not clear now that
+   <assert.h>'s assertions are significantly heavyweight.  Finally, if
+   users want to experiment with disabling assertions, it's debatable
+   whether it's our responsibility to stop them.  See discussion
+   starting at
+   <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bison-patches/2009-09/msg00013.html>.
+
+   For now, we use assert but we call it aver throughout Bison in case
+   we later wish to try another scheme.
 */
-static inline void
-aver (bool assertion)
-{
-  if (! assertion)
-    abort ();
-}
+#include <assert.h>
+#define aver assert
 
 
 /*-----------.