sa_assert: assert-like macro, enabled only for use with static analyzers

Among some here, there is a strong aversion to the use of "assert", yet
some others think it is essential (when applied judiciously) even --
perhaps "especially" -- at the heart of libraries and core hypervisor-
related code.
Here is a compromise that lets us make assertions about the code (e.g.,
to tell static analyzers about invariants) without even a hint of risk
of an abort.
* src/internal.h [STATIC_ANALYSIS]: Include <assert.h>.
(sa_assert): Define.  A no-op most of the time, but equivalent
to classical assert when STATIC_ANALYSIS is nonzero.
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Jim Meyering 2010-04-07 16:13:17 +02:00
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# include <limits.h>
# include <verify.h>
# if STATIC_ANALYSIS
# undef NDEBUG /* Don't let a prior NDEBUG definition cause trouble. */
# include <assert.h>
# define sa_assert(expr) assert (expr)
# else
# define sa_assert(expr) /* empty */
# endif
# ifdef HAVE_SYS_SYSLIMITS_H
# include <sys/syslimits.h>
# endif