Re: Design by Contract
| From: | Stanislav Malyshev | Date: | Wed, 11 Feb 2015 06:56:50 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Design by Contract | ||
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Hi!
> Please steer clear of using the assert API, and in so doing avoid BC
> concerns with the current assert API.
The operator can be called something other than "assert", I'm sure the
thesaurus has a lot of possibilities.
> Please avoid adding a magic method and use the suggested syntax for
> invariant.
>
> class Some {
> require(invariant-expr);
I think reusing syntax for existing operator in completely unrelated
context is a big mistake. Having code outside of functions is probably
not the best idea too.
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Stas Malyshev
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