This ensures that an assertion like
assert(expensive_test());
won't have any penalty on release builds. It also implies that no vital
code should be in assert expressions.
*
* Do not expect that the assert call terminates -- errors must be handled
* regardless of assert behavior.
+ *
+ * For non debug builds the assert macro will expand to a no-op, so do not
+ * call functions with side effects in the assert expression.
*/
#ifdef DEBUG
#define debug_assert(expr) ((expr) ? (void)0 : _debug_assert_fail(#expr, __FILE__, __LINE__, __FUNCTION__))
#else
-#define debug_assert(expr) ((void)(expr))
+#define debug_assert(expr) ((void)0)
#endif