Xine assert() replacement:

All assert() function calls, with exceptions of libdvdread and libdvdnav, have been
replaced with XINE_ASSERT. Functionally XINE_ASSERT behaves just likes its predecesor but its
adding the ability to print out a stack trace at the point where the assertion fails.
So here are a few examples.
assert (0);
This use of assert was found in a couple locations most favorably being the default case of a switch
statement. This was the only thing there. So if the switch statement was unable to find a match
it would have defaulted to this and the user and the developers would be stuck wonder who died and where.
So it has been replaced with
XINE_ASSERT(0, "We have reach this point and don't have a default case");
It may seem a bit none descriptive but there is more going on behind the scene.
In addition to checking a condition is true/false, in this case '0', the XINE_ASSERT
prints out:
<filename>:<function name>:<line number> - assertion '<assertion expression>' failed. <description>
An example of this might be:
input_dvd.c:open_plugin:1178 - assertion '0' failed. xine_malloc failed!!! You have run out of memory
XINE_ASSERT and its helper function, print_trace, are found in src/xine-utils/xineutils.h

CVS patchset: 4301
CVS date: 2003/02/28 02:51:47

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/xine-engine/audio_out.c b/src/xine-engine/audio_out.c
index ed25f69c7..637ec42d2 100644
--- a/src/xine-engine/audio_out.c
+++ b/src/xine-engine/audio_out.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  * along with self program; if not, write to the Free Software
  * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA
  *
- * $Id: audio_out.c,v 1.108 2003/02/22 14:18:16 mroi Exp $
+ * $Id: audio_out.c,v 1.109 2003/02/28 02:51:51 storri Exp $
  * 
  * 22-8-2001 James imported some useful AC3 sections from the previous alsa driver.
  *   (c) 2001 Andy Lo A Foe <andy@alsaplayer.org>
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ static void fifo_append_int (audio_fifo_t *fifo,
 
   /* buf->next = NULL; */
 
-  assert (!buf->next);
+  XINE_ASSERT(!buf->next, "Next audio buffer is NULL.");
 
   if (!fifo->first) {
     fifo->first       = buf;