
Sept. 15, 2008
1:38 a.m.
Martin v. Löwis wrote:
Even if it isn't a keyword, the compiler could still special-case it, and add a run-time check to determine whether assert is still bound to the built-in assert.
Then we would have something that looks exactly like an ordinary function call but actually isn't. I'm not sure that's a good idea. Also there are issues such as what happens if you shadow it. -- Greg