[Bug libstdc++/23888] New: should debug mode throw instead of assert?

["bkoz at gcc dot gnu dot org" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>]

Now that the <cassert> include has been removed from the debug mode includes,
the question that immediately comes to mind is: should we throw instead of assert?

Advantages:

1) in the testsuite, we could check for the proper exception, instead of
xfailing on the expected abort call. This would also be possible in user code.

2) verbose terminate handler would print out all the info that stdout gets now.

Something to think about.

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           Summary: should debug mode throw instead of assert?
           Product: gcc
           Version: 4.1.0
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: libstdc++
        AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
        ReportedBy: bkoz at gcc dot gnu dot org
                CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
 GCC build triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu
  GCC host triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu
GCC target triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23888