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| </div><details class="rustdoc-toggle top-doc" open><summary class="hideme"><span>Expand description</span></summary><div class="docblock"><p>Asserts that constant expressions evaluate to <code>true</code>.</p> |
| <p>Constant expressions can be ensured to have certain properties via this |
| macro If the expression evaluates to <code>false</code>, the file will fail to compile. |
| This is synonymous to <a href="http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/static_assert"><code>static_assert</code> in C++</a>.</p> |
| <h2 id="alternatives"><a href="#alternatives">Alternatives</a></h2> |
| <p>There also exists <a href="macro.const_assert_eq.html"><code>const_assert_eq</code></a> for |
| validating whether a sequence of expressions are equal to one another.</p> |
| <h2 id="examples"><a href="#examples">Examples</a></h2> |
| <p>A common use case is to guarantee properties about a constant value that’s |
| generated via meta-programming.</p> |
| |
| <div class="example-wrap"><pre class="rust rust-example-rendered"><code><span class="kw">const </span>VALUE: i32 = <span class="comment">// ... |
| |
| </span><span class="macro">const_assert!</span>(VALUE >= <span class="number">2</span>);</code></pre></div> |
| <p>Inputs are type-checked as booleans:</p> |
| |
| <div class="example-wrap compile_fail"><div class='tooltip'>ⓘ</div><pre class="rust rust-example-rendered"><code><span class="macro">const_assert!</span>(!<span class="number">0</span>);</code></pre></div> |
| <p>Despite this being a macro, we see this produces a type error:</p> |
| <div class="example-wrap"><pre class="language-txt"><code> | const_assert!(!0); |
| | ^^ expected bool, found integral variable |
| | |
| = note: expected type `bool` |
| found type `{integer}`</code></pre></div> |
| <p>The following fails to compile because multiplying by 5 does not have an |
| identity property:</p> |
| |
| <div class="example-wrap compile_fail"><div class='tooltip'>ⓘ</div><pre class="rust rust-example-rendered"><code><span class="macro">const_assert!</span>(<span class="number">5 </span>* <span class="number">5 </span>== <span class="number">5</span>);</code></pre></div> |
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