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Re: Typo in assert error message causing confusion?
- From: Michael Jones <mjones at linear dot com>
- To: Daniel Zebralla <daniel dot zebralla at zebralla-it dot de>
- Cc: ecos-discuss at ecos dot sourceware dot org
- Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 09:27:47 -0600
- Subject: Re: Typo in assert error message causing confusion?
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Daniel,
I think it is printing the assertion, not the failure.
It would be clearer if it printed:
Assertion "data pointer NNN is valid" failed
But it might be consistent with standard practice. I am not sure.
Mike
On Oct 1, 2013, at 3:01 AM, Daniel Zebralla <daniel.zebralla@zebralla-it.de> wrote:
>> From /host/infra/cyg_ass.h as well as /host/infra/cyg/infra/cyg_ass.h:
>
> # define CYG_CHECK_DATA_PTRC( _ptr_ ) \
> CYG_MACRO_START \
> if ( !cyg_check_data_ptr((void *)(_ptr_))) \
> CYG_ASSERT_DOCALL("data pointer (" #_ptr_ ") is valid");\
> CYG_MACRO_END
>
> # define CYG_CHECK_FUNC_PTRC( _ptr_ ) \
> CYG_MACRO_START \
> if ( !cyg_check_func_ptr((void (*)(void))(_ptr_))) \
> CYG_ASSERT_DOCALL("function pointer (" #_ptr_ ") is valid"); \
> CYG_MACRO_END
>
> As I understand, CYG_ASSERT_DOCALL is triggered when the checked data or
> function pointer is invalid. The printed message however indicates that the
> checked pointer is valid. Is this an error or am I misunderstanding the
> usage of CYG_ASSERT_DOCALL here?
>
> Thanks for clarification!
>
>
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