April 29, 2022
On 4/27/22 21:33, Walter Bright wrote:
> I put in a PR to add __assert(assign-expression) to ImportC, for reasons explained in the PR:
> 
> https://github.com/dlang/dmd/pull/14026
> 
> Unfortunately, some C compilers use __assert. Arghh!
> 
> I seem unable to come up with a decent name. Advice welcome!

Thesaurus is my friend: "affirm" looks better than
"asseverate". :)

Ali
July 09, 2022

On Thursday, 28 April 2022 at 07:20:34 UTC, Salih Dincer wrote:

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On Thursday, 28 April 2022 at 04:33:18 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:

>

[...]
Unfortunately, some C compilers use __assert. Arghh!

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__assert__

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__assertion

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__assertor

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__asserted

I want to make a new suggestion to you; if the English meaning is not contradictory!

"ascertain" that can't introduce new conflicts never?

  assert(true);
  ascertain(true);

Sounds good, huh? Okay, it's 3 letters more but it is better than underscore typed by double key press.:)

SDB@79

July 16, 2022
On Thursday, 28 April 2022 at 06:59:24 UTC, Daniel N wrote:
> On Thursday, 28 April 2022 at 04:33:18 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>> I put in a PR to add __assert(assign-expression) to ImportC, for reasons explained in the PR:
>>
>> https://github.com/dlang/dmd/pull/14026
>>
>> Unfortunately, some C compilers use __assert. Arghh!
>>
>> I seem unable to come up with a decent name. Advice welcome!
>
> _D_assert
> ___assert

asserting, asserted, checking, checked, determine, guaranteed, debugcheck, plankcheck, deathcheck, halt_if_fails, affirmation, affirm, polaris (north star), harden, oneway, yieldif, assertcorrect, notfalse, notnottrue, proof, proving, proved...
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