EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | Scott Hunsaker
Organization : | Hart Intercivic
Post Date : | 9/30/2005
Section Comments
Section : | .20.5
Page no. : | 5-11
Line no.: |
Comment : | 133 5.4.2.w Comment: Has all assert() statements coded such that they are absent from a production compilation. Recommended change: This requirement should be identified as a guideline or it should be stricken. Rationale: If a module requires an assert() statement to guarantee processing integrity, then removal of that assert() statement from a production compilation subjects the program flow to arbitrary and undefined behavior upon the rare conditions that cause the assert condition. [Maguire ch. 2]