[v3] libstdc++/9582

[Phil Edwards]

On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 09:35:27PM +0100, Paolo Carlini wrote:
> >Should __debug_alloc<> (which contains the same ODR violation) be
> >documented and changed to unconditionally abort() when a size mismatch
> >is detected?  This way we can remove the <cassert> inclusion entirely.
> >
> I agree completely! Do you want me to prepare a patch?

So do I, and yes please, respectively.  We might even consider printing
out some diagnostics before aborting -- it's debug_alloc, after all, we
don't care if it's slow or brings in extra code.  But that's probably a
project for another day.

Phil

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I would therefore like to posit that computing's central challenge, viz. "How
not to make a mess of it," has /not/ been met.
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