https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=literallysharedHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Mon, 19 Oct 2026 14:49:41 +0000I can see the appeal of having 'code as documentation' in header files, but personally I find any type of runtime asserts to be too heavy handed. Graceful error handling, in my opinion, is always preferable. This type of functionality is what is continuing to drive me away from C++. If your preconditions and postconditions matter, document them in a comment block.

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