Re: Assert Levels

On Fri, 19 Sep 2008, Greg Stark wrote:

> This is a good example of why running with assertions enabled on production 
> might not be a good idea. But it's also a good example of why we should do 
> our performance testing with assertions enabled if we can do it without 
> invalidating the results.

The performance impact of assertions is large enough that I don't think 
that goal is practical.  However, issues like this do suggest that running 
tests under a very heavy load like those used for performance testing 
should sometimes be done with assertions on just to shake bugs out, even 
if the actual performance results will be tossed.

--
* Greg Smith gsmith@gregsmith.com http://www.gregsmith.com Baltimore, MD