[PATCH] D36806: Switch to cantFail(), since it does the same assertion.

Stephen Hines via Phabricator via cfe-commits cfe-commits at lists.llvm.org
Mon Aug 21 16:28:45 PDT 2017


srhines marked an inline comment as done.
srhines added inline comments.


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Comment at: lib/Tooling/Core/Replacement.cpp:505
-    assert(!Err &&
-           "Replacements must not conflict since ranges have been merged.");
-    llvm::consumeError(std::move(Err));
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hintonda wrote:
> srhines wrote:
> > hintonda wrote:
> > > While obviously correct, are you concerned that by removing the explanatory text, this change will obscure the reason for the assert?
> > The text is now in a comment above the call.
> Well, that's what I mean.  The reason is no longer in the backtrace.
The backtrace will point to this exact line, so I assume anyone debugging it will eventually read the comment. It might be better to have an optional message to cantFail(), but that isn't within the scope of this change.


https://reviews.llvm.org/D36806





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