/**
* Assert API
*
- * Helpers to check at runtime if a condition is true, and abort
- * (exit) otherwise.
+ * Helpers to check at runtime if a condition is true, or otherwise
+ * either abort (exit program) or return an error.
*/
#ifndef ECOLI_ASSERT_
void __ec_assert_print(bool expr, const char *expr_str,
const char *format, ...);
+/**
+ * Check a condition or return.
+ *
+ * If the condition is true, do nothing. If it is false, set
+ * errno and return the specified value.
+ *
+ * @param cond
+ * The condition to test.
+ * @param ret
+ * The value to return.
+ * @param err
+ * The errno to set.
+ */
+#define EC_CHECK_ARG(cond, ret, err) do { \
+ if (!(cond)) { \
+ errno = err; \
+ return ret; \
+ } \
+ } while(0)
+
#endif