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+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright 2016, Olivier MATZ <zer0@droids-corp.org>
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Assert API
+ *
+ * Helpers to check at runtime if a condition is true, or otherwise
+ * either abort (exit program) or return an error.
+ */
+
+#ifndef ECOLI_ASSERT_
+#define ECOLI_ASSERT_
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+/**
+ * Abort if the condition is false.
+ *
+ * If expression is false this macro will prints an error message to
+ * standard error and terminates the program by calling abort(3).
+ *
+ * @param expr
+ * The expression to be checked.
+ * @param args
+ * The format string, optionally followed by other arguments.
+ */
+#define ec_assert_print(expr, args...) \
+ __ec_assert_print(expr, #expr, args)
+
+/* internal */
+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