The assert statement does not work in c++ [closed]

Question

I have experienced a strange problem when using assert in my program. The program does not terminate even when I add a line of codeassert(false). But the assert works when I write several lines of sample code. Anybody know why it happened?

Answer 1

If you have:

#define NDEBUG

this turns all assert's into nop's.

Answer 2

If you have differing behaviour, depending on the amount of code, then I guess you don't have NDEBUG defined and I would guess the compiler is simply compiling out the redundant code.

More details about environment are required, however, you give a definitive answer.