[android-developers] Re: Making the Java assert statement work

On Jun 16, 12:26 am, A Curious Developer <imdb...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> But ... I noticed that assert statements bloat the .apk, which seems
> like a bad thing. So I am now using a pattern of checking a static
> final constant: if(ASSERTS) { asserts( someCondition, "Some
> explanation" ); }

Java-language assert statements turn into something like:

static final boolean assertionsDisabled = desiredAssertionStatus()

if (!assertionsDisabled) {
test assert
}

The code is always there, but it gets stepped around if assertions are
disabled. You'll pay for the static lookup in any code that doesn't
get compiled by the JIT.

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