assert functions in C/C++/C#

I just had several small tests. Here is a summary to the assertion related APIs we are using in our product.

 

Assert Function                                                                Comments

assert                                                                                Just work in debug mode;  standard C assert function

ASSERT                                                                              Just work in debug mode;  MFC assert function

System::Diagnostics::Debug::Assert                                 Works both in debug mode and Release mode; Managed C++ assert function

System.Diagnostics.Debug.Assert                                     Just work in debug mode; C# assert function

 

Please note above red line, ‘System::Diagnostics::Debug::Assert’ works both in debug and release mode, so if we have following code in managed C++:

 

System::Diagnostics::Debug::Assert(false, "something wrong");

 

We would always see the assertion window both in debug and release build. So, in managed C++, we’d better use following code to avoid assertion in Prod-build:

 

#ifdef DEBUG

System::Diagnostics::Debug::Assert(false, "something wrong");

#endif