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Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 13:13:15 +0000
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To: Pedro Lacerda <pslacerda@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] About assert()
From: tendoaki@gmail.com (Michael Morris)

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On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 1:16 AM Pedro Lacerda <pslacerda@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi developers,
>
> Trying to resolve the bug #75950 (that after long hours I found that I
> couldn't reproduce), I observed that if `zend.assertions >=3D 0` the
> generated code inside `assert()` was indeed executed even if `assert.acti=
ve
> =3D off`. Naturally the function arguments were evaluated before entering
> into the `assert()` function.
>
> https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=3D75950
>
> The point is that will be possible to fully disable assertions setting
> `assert.active =3D false` after initialization if we turn `assert` into a
> statement. This can mantain fully backward compatibility. Calling
> `assert_options(ASSERT_ACTIVE, true)` or `false` after initialization wou=
ld
> fully enable or disable the functionality. It seems the most sensible thi=
ng
> to do.
>
> By the way `assert` in Java and Python is an statement, and in C it isn't=
 a
> function.
>
> So my question is what is the purpose of mantaining `assert()` a function=
,
> there are any drawbacks of fully disabling it when `zend.assertions >=3D =
0`?
>
>
> PS: Strange that nobody cared in recent emails about the proposal to a
> small increase of the testing coverage by doubling the testing time
> duration, was somewhat interesting.
>


Assert.active is the legacy PHP 5 control. Don=E2=80=99t use it.

zend.assertions -1 has the behavior you want. 0 emulates PHP 5 and
earlier=E2=80=99s broken implementation of assert. If you don=E2=80=99t hav=
e legacy
software to babysit, don=E2=80=99t use it.

>
>

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