Hello,
Yes, we should experiment with that.
A compiler option is very easy to add��� and easy to understand. And trivial to do.
1) step one:
add the following line at the start of OCASTTranslator>>emitMessageNode:
self compilationContext optionDisableAssert ifTrue: [
aMessageNode selector == #assert: ifTrue: [ ^methodBuilder pushReceiver ]
].
2) step 2. There is no step. 2 ;-). Maybe a better version would use plugin��� changing the code generator like that
is a bit a hack. But it works.
You can now turn off all sends to #assert: by enabling the #optionDisableAssert compiler option.
e.g. class wide by setting on the class side in
compiler
^super compiler options: #(+ optionDisableAssert).
More magic is, of course, always possible later��� I have some ideas.
Marcus
Hi
Assertions play an important role in design by contract. It is great to have assertions in Pharo out of box (Object>>#assert:). However in projects with many post- and precondition as also class invariants heavy usage of assertions decreases performance...
Would it be possible to have a compiler setting (in setting browser) to enable/disable assertions and not compile them to bytecode? Compiler should ignore the whole assertion statement with removed condition. For example:
self assert: self hugeInvariant.
with disabled assertion hugeInvariant must not be sent.