Hello
What is the issue with the Bitcoin code for 0.9.x with regard to assertions
that isn't in 0.8.6 or previous releases?
on April 18th, I offered
https://github.com/bc4-old-c-coder/bitcoin/commit/f0d221e56a12947b67b9c8f43cc5832b665052c8
this commit and code with all side effects removed from the assertions.
Then on the 28th,
https://github.com/bc4-old-c-coder/bitcoin/tree/0.8.6
this code with unit tests working.
And if that isn't enough, I did a video series on building Bitcoind.exe and the
static libraries (on MSVC++) all in NDEBUG (release) mode.
See
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFnWb0ttBBMLyUuniLp3PJ5Mn4tVUlliZ
Notice that the NDEBUG release mode is featured, and I even run it!
Lastly what does that say about building Bitcoin-qt in release mode? Should
one or not??
There is also a video on building an alternate coin-qt.exe in release mode (gcc
version) and running it! See
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8GvHpjbAnM
assert() should have no side effects, that is the problem.
See
http://books.google.com/books?id=L5ZbzVnpkXAC&pg=PA72&lpg=PA72&dq=Gotcha+%2328+Side+Effects&source=bl&ots=Rn15TlPmje&sig=tymHqta0aSANwaM2GaXC-1Di_tk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=uVKNU47fCcvTsAT6goHIBA&ved=0CCAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Gotcha%20%2328%20Side%20Effects&f=false
a
great book, BTW. Everyone who thinks they know what they are doing
when they write C++ should read this book! They will realize that they
don't know Jack
Why weren't these and all the other examples of amateur, i.e.,
non-professional, software fixed way back in version 0.3.0 in 2010, before any
more releases were done? And why were these and other sub-standard coding
practices continued and expanded in later releases, right up until the present?
Ron
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