osf1 man page for assert

assert(3)						     Library Functions Manual							 assert(3)

NAME
       assert - Inserts program diagnostics

LIBRARY
       Standard C Library (libc.a, libc.so)

SYNOPSIS
       #include <assert.h>

       void assert(
	   int expression) ;

STANDARDS
       Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards as follows:

       assert():  XPG4, XPG4-UNIX

       Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about industry standards and associated tags.

PARAMETERS
       Specifies  an  expression  that	is  evaluated as TRUE or FALSE. This expression is evaluated in the same manner as a C language if control
       statement.

DESCRIPTION
       The assert() macro inserts diagnostics into programs.  On execution, when the expression parameter is false  (returns  FALSE),  this  macro
       writes  information about the particular call that failed, including the text of the argument, the name of the source file, and the source-
       file line number (the latter two are respectively the values of preprocessing macros __FILE__ and __LINE__) on stderr.  The  error  message
       is  taken  from	the  standard  C  library  message catalog. The assert() macro then calls the abort() function to (normally) terminate the
       process.

       When you compile a program with the -DNDEBUG preprocessor option, or with the #define NDEBUG  preprocessor  control  statement  before  the
       #include <assert.h> statement, calls to the assert() macro have no effect.

RETURN VALUES
       The assert() function returns no value.

RELATED INFORMATION
       Routines: abort(3)

       Standards: standards(5) delim off

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