[Freeciv-Dev] Re: warnings when compiling with NDEBUG (PR#1216)

[Eric E Moore <e.e.moore@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Reinier Post <rp@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> No, the gist of it is that DEBUG is *not* !NDEBUG, but instead, is used
> as an integer for debug levels used in explicit #ifs in the code, while
> NDEBUG has the specific, ANSI-mandated function to turn assert()s off.
> Something like
>
> #define NDEBUG (DEBUG < DEBUG_LEVEL_FROM_WHICH_WE_WANT_ASSERTS)
>
> seems reasonable, but I haven't found anything that mandates or
> advises this.

Err... no.  if NDEBUG is defined (regardless of value) asserts are
turned off.

  -Eric