NDEBUG and Release Build target

[rhf]

Hi,

I frequently use assert() in my code development and was surprised when I got asserts in my Release build.
I guess I was expecting NDEBUG to be defined by default when building a Release build.
This is easy enough to fix on a project basis with Project->Build options->Release-># defines tab.
However, I would like to set this globally for all my Release builds.
In Settings->Compiler and debugger settings->Global compiler settings, I don't see how to distinguish Debug and Release targets.

Am I overlooking something?

Thanks.

[killerbot]

our project wizards probably should take this issue into account.
will assert be gone with NDEBUG in all compilers, or is it different per compiler (GCC, MS, ...)

[rhf]

will assert be gone with NDEBUG in all compilers, or is it different per compiler (GCC, MS, ...)

Assert() is brought in with 'include <cassert>' (or <assert.h> in c).
It is a standard c function (or maybe macro in some implementations), so I assume that compliant C++ compilers support it.
By default the MS Visual C 6 IDE defines NDEBUG when building a Release version.
This is what I was expecting - or at least as a user option.
Thanks,

[thomas]

Yep, it's a standard feature that should probably be set up by the wizards.