__assert_fail

Name

__assert_fail -- abort the program after false assertion

Synopsis

void __assert_fail(const char *assertion, const char *file, unsigned int line, const char *function);

Description

The __assert_fail function is used to implement the assert interface of ISO POSIX (2003). The __assert_fail function shall print the given file filename, line line number, function function name and a message on the standard error stream in an unspecified format, and abort program execution via the abort function. For example:

a.c:10: foobar: Assertion a == b failed.

If function is NULL, __assert_fail shall omit information about the function.

assertion, file, and line shall be non-NULL.

The __assert_fail function is not in the source standard; it is only in the binary standard. The assert interface is not in the binary standard; it is only in the source standard. The assert may be implemented as a macro.