assert.h (GNU Gnulib)

Gnulib module: assert-h

See also the Gnulib modules assert and verify.

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:

On older C platforms <assert.h> must be included before using static_assert. For example, GCC versions before 13 do not support the static_assert keyword that was standardized by C23.
On older platforms static_assert does not allow the second string-literal argument to be omitted. For example, GCC versions before 9.1 do not support the single-argument static_assert that was standardized by C23 and C++17.
Even-older platforms do not support static_assert at all. For example, GCC versions before 4.6 and G++ versions before 4.3 do not support the two-argument form, which was standardized by C11 and C++11.
Older C platforms might not support the obsolescent _Static_assert keyword or macro. This portability problem should not matter with code using this module, as such code should use static_assert instead.

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:

A static_assert can also be used within a struct or union specifier, in place of an ordinary declaration of a member of the struct or union. The Gnulib substitute can be used only as an ordinary declaration in code intended to be portable to C99 or earlier.
In C23 and C++11 and later, static_assert is a keyword. In C11 and C17 it is a macro. Any Gnulib substitute is also a macro.
In C99 and later, assert can be applied to any scalar expression. In C89, the argument to assert is of type int.