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- # assert.pl
- # tchrist@convex.com (Tom Christiansen)
- #
- # Usage:
- #
- # &assert('@x > @y');
- # &assert('$var > 10', $var, $othervar, @various_info);
- #
- # That is, if the first expression evals false, we blow up. The
- # rest of the args, if any, are nice to know because they will
- # be printed out by &panic, which is just the stack-backtrace
- # routine shamelessly borrowed from the perl debugger.
-
- sub assert {
- &panic("ASSERTION BOTCHED: $_[0]",$@) unless eval $_[0];
- }
-
- sub panic {
- select(STDERR);
-
- print "\npanic: @_\n";
-
- exit 1 if $] <= 4.003; # caller broken
-
- # stack traceback gratefully borrowed from perl debugger
-
- local($i,$_);
- local($p,$f,$l,$s,$h,$a,@a,@sub);
- for ($i = 0; ($p,$f,$l,$s,$h,$w) = caller($i); $i++) {
- @a = @DB'args;
- for (@a) {
- if (/^StB\000/ && length($_) == length($_main{'_main'})) {
- $_ = sprintf("%s",$_);
- }
- else {
- s/'/\\'/g;
- s/([^\0]*)/'$1'/ unless /^-?[\d.]+$/;
- s/([\200-\377])/sprintf("M-%c",ord($1)&0177)/eg;
- s/([\0-\37\177])/sprintf("^%c",ord($1)^64)/eg;
- }
- }
- $w = $w ? '@ = ' : '$ = ';
- $a = $h ? '(' . join(', ', @a) . ')' : '';
- push(@sub, "$w&$s$a from file $f line $l\n");
- }
- for ($i=0; $i <= $#sub; $i++) {
- print $sub[$i];
- }
- exit 1;
- }
-
- 1;
-