2 # tchrist@convex.com (Tom Christiansen)
7 # &assert('$var > 10', $var, $othervar, @various_info);
9 # That is, if the first expression evals false, we blow up. The
10 # rest of the args, if any, are nice to know because they will
11 # be printed out by &panic, which is just the stack-backtrace
12 # routine shamelessly borrowed from the perl debugger.
15 &panic("ASSERTION BOTCHED: $_[$[]",$@) unless eval $_[$[];
23 print "\npanic: @_\n";
25 exit 1 if $] <= 4.003; # caller broken
27 # stack traceback gratefully borrowed from perl debugger
31 my ($p,$f,$l,$s,$h,$a,@a,@frames);
32 for ($i = 0; ($p,$f,$l,$s,$h,$w) = caller($i); $i++) {
35 if (/^StB\000/ && length($_) == length($_main{'_main'})) {
36 $_ = sprintf("%s",$_);
40 s/([^\0]*)/'$1'/ unless /^-?[\d.]+$/;
41 s/([\200-\377])/sprintf("M-%c",ord($1)&0177)/eg;
42 s/([\0-\37\177])/sprintf("^%c",ord($1)^64)/eg;
45 $w = $w ? '@ = ' : '$ = ';
46 $a = $h ? '(' . join(', ', @a) . ')' : '';
47 push(@frames, "$w&$s$a from file $f line $l\n");
49 for ($i=0; $i <= $#frames; $i++) {