How can I assert() without using abort()?

Question

If I use assert() and the assertion fails then assert() will call abort(), ending the running program abruptly. I can\'t afford that

Answer 1

Asserts in C/C++ only run in debug builds. So this won't happen at runtime. In general asserts should mark things that if they happen indicate a bug, and generally show assumptions in your code etc.

If you want to have code that checks for errors at runtime (in release) you should probably use exceptions rather than asserts as these are what they are designed to do. Your answer basically wraps an exception thrower in assert syntax. While this will work, there is no particular advantage to this that I can see over just throwing the exception in the first place.