Go语言的创造者写道:
Go doesn't provide assertions. They are undeniably convenient, but our experience has been that programmers use them as a crutch to avoid thinking about proper error handling and reporting. Proper error handling means that servers continue operation after non-fatal errors instead of crashing. Proper error reporting means that errors are direct and to the point, saving the programmer from interpreting a large crash trace. Precise errors are particularly important when the programmer seeing the errors is not familiar with the code.
你对此有什么看法?
我非常不喜欢断言。但我不会说他们是邪恶的。
基本上，assert将做与未检查异常相同的事情，唯一的例外是assert(通常)不应该为最终产品保留。
If you build a safety net for yourself while debugging and building the system why would you deny this safety net for your customer, or your support help desk, or anyone that will get to use the software that you are currently building. Use exceptions exclusively for both asserts and exceptional situations. By creating an appropriate exception hierarchy you will be able to discern very quickly one from the other. Except this time the assert remains in place and can provide valuable information in case of failure that would otherwise be lost.
因此，我完全理解Go的创建者完全删除断言并强迫程序员使用异常来处理这种情况。对此有一个简单的解释，异常只是一种更好的工作机制为什么要坚持使用古老的断言?
是的，断言是邪恶的。
它们通常用于应该使用正确错误处理的地方。从一开始就要习惯编写正确的产品质量错误处理程序!
通常它们会妨碍编写单元测试(除非您编写了与测试工具交互的自定义断言)。这通常是因为它们被用于应该使用正确错误处理的地方。
大多数情况下，它们是从发布版本中编译出来的，这意味着当你运行实际发布的代码时，它们的“测试”是不可用的;考虑到在多线程情况下，最糟糕的问题通常只出现在发布代码中，这可能很糟糕。
有时，他们是一个拐杖，否则破碎的设计;也就是说，代码的设计允许用户以一种不应该被调用的方式调用它，而断言“阻止”了这一点。修改设计!
早在2005年，我就在我的博客http://www.lenholgate.com/blog/2005/09/assert-is-evil.html上写过更多关于这方面的内容
