[Bug c/60639] New Assert Variants

[pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org]

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=60639

--- Comment #6 from Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
(In reply to Olaf van der Spek from comment #4)
> (In reply to Andrew Pinski from comment #3)
> > Well don't call it assert, call it my_assert or something like that.
> > 
> > We should not be adding random extensions if they can be done other places. 
> 
> Then what is the criteria for including something in GCC (or libc)?

If it is part of a standard or is needed for a language feature is the criteria
for GCC/glibc.

> And what'd be a better place?

Your own library.

> 
> > Also I think assert.h comes from libc and not GCC.
> 
> glibc?

well it depends on your target but for GNU/Linux, it is glibc.  For
Android/Linux, it is bionic.  But there are other libc's besides those two out
there for Linux.