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    Added a concept of "safe" assert · 14628395
    Dmitry Kazakov authored
    If you add some sanity check to the code and you are 100% sure
    that failing this assert and recovering after it will not break
    Krita and the user will be able to continue his work, you can use
    "safe asserts". By default they don't show anything to the user,
    just dump a message to the terminal and take the recovery branch
    almost silently.
    
    If you want to make these assert produce real warning messages you
    should set a cmake option for it:
    
    cmake -DHIDE_SAFE_ASSERTS=OFF .
    
    This is highly recommended for developers, and not recommended for
    painters who do real work of those builds of Krita.
    
    Now rules when to use "safe" asserts. You can use them if the following
    conditions are met:
    
    1) The condition in the assert shows that a real *bug* has happened. It
       is not just a warning. It is a bug that should be fixed.
    
    2) The recovery branch will *workaround* the bug and the user will be
       able to continue his work *as if nothing has happened*. Again, please
       mark the assert "sa...
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