Comments on: The evolution of easy

By: bandit

bandit — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:50:40 +0000

Umm … this is called assert() in C.

I will admit that you have a more inclusive version, but I can do the same by just writing a C function that does nothing more than the asserts:

assert_foo( &foo );

void assert_foo( FOO *foo )
{
assert( foo );
assert( foo->type === TYPE_FOO ); // good practice

assert( foo->field_1 == 5 );
assert( strcmp( foo->string, “bar” ) == 0 );
// etc
}

You can even write functions that match ‘has’ (left as excercize of reader).

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 20:18:27 +0000

Update! Based upon a suggestion by my friend Andres Almiray, has has now been mapped to contains; consequently, if you find that has reads more copsetically, you can use it! For instance:


ensure(person){
 contains([firstName:"Jill", age:11])
}

can be rewritten, if you'd like, to:


ensure(person){
 has([firstName:"Jill", age:11])
}

In fact, I think I prefer has now!