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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com>
Subject: Re: Assertions
Date: 1999/05/22
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In article <ur9o9f95c.fsf@infomatch.com>,
  Ray Blaak <blaak@infomatch.com> wrote:
>
> I would suggest the name "Verify" for assertions intended to
> be runtime checks, and "Assume" for assertions intended to
> give info to the compiler.

In any case, this thread should have adequately demonstrated
that

(a) this is quite a tricky subject
(b) it is not easy to propose a solution that gets any kind of
    consensus agreement.

This has always been the case when this issue has been
discussed, so it is hardly surprising to see it happening again
:-)



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