[swift-evolution] Proposal: remove "assert" and always use "precondition" instead.

[Adrian Kashivskyy]

That's a choice I would have to carefully make when designing the behavior. Not all asserts are non-recoverable.

Pozdrawiam – Regards,
Adrian Kashivskyy

> Wiadomość napisana przez Amir Michail <a.michail at me.com> w dniu 09.12.2015, o godz. 00:56:
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>> On Dec 8, 2015, at 6:55 PM, Adrian Kashivskyy <adrian.kashivskyy at me.com <mailto:adrian.kashivskyy at me.com>> wrote:
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>> Strong -1, `assert` is a great tool for catching programmer errors in development phase, without compromising the stability in release mode.
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> You would rather have an ill-defined state rather than a crash with a useful bug report?
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>> Pozdrawiam – Regards,
>> Adrian Kashivskyy
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>>> Wiadomość napisana przez Amir Michail via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org <mailto:swift-evolution at swift.org>> w dniu 09.12.2015, o godz. 00:52:
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>>> Swift is a safe language after all. Moreover, it is all too easy to accidentally type “assert” when you mean “precondition”.
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