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On 21.06.12 00:19, Robert A Duff wrote:
> "Jeffrey R. Carter"<ggsub@pragmada.co.cc>  writes:
>
>> Any checks worth having during testing are worth having after testing.
>
> I say: If you don't need to turn off (at least some) assertions for
> efficiency reasons, then you probably don't have enough assertions.

One measure for "enough assertions" is, I think, when some set
of assertions will finally have been shown to be a consequence
of the program. What are we testing if this set would still be
worth testing, then?