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Re: [ID 20001114.002] Code-Cleanups concerning SOCKS5 and Solaris

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From:
Jarkko Hietaniemi
Date:
November 14, 2000 07:27
Subject:
Re: [ID 20001114.002] Code-Cleanups concerning SOCKS5 and Solaris
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20001114092710.A1983@chaos.wustl.edu
> *** perlsdio.h.FCS	Tue Nov 14 10:50:12 2000
> ! #define PerlIO_set_ptrcnt(f,p,c)      STMT_START {FILE_ptr(f) = (p), PerlIO_set_cnt(f,c);} STMT_END
>   /* assert() may pre-process to ""; potential syntax error (FILE_ptr(), ) */
> ! #define PerlIO_set_ptrcnt(f,p,c)      STMT_START {FILE_ptr(f) = (p); assert(FILE_cnt(f) == (c));} STMT_END

Could you explain the reason for these added assert()s a little bit more...?

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