From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2019-12-04 22:54:10
Gavin Lambert wrote:
> Asserts and unreachables both disappear in release builds, ...
Unreachables don't just disappear, they take parts of the code with them.
Misguided ideas like "let's use __builtin_unreachable for the preconditions"
are exactly why I prefer the behavior on critical precondition violations
specified, rather than undefined, even though undefined might theoretically
be better.