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From: "G.B." <bauhaus@futureapps.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Assertions in SPARK (Was: If not Ada, what else...)
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 12:56:10 +0200
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On 27.07.15 11:09, Jacob Sparre Andersen wrote:
> Paul Rubin wrote:
>
>> I remember being disappointed that (unless I missed something) there
>> doesn't seem to be a way to put assertions in the middle of a function
>> body and have Spark check them statically.  Am I mistaken about that?
>
> You are.  I don't have a SPARK book right here, but IIRC it is simply:
>
>     --# assert <expression>

Also worth considering is

--# check <expression>

which is different from assert in that is doesn't change
SPARK's mind about where the interesting points in the
paths are.