For a case below I get a faster result when I include an assert statement in my code. I include the functions with 5 runs of each case (not including the timing for the first compilation run) function with_assert(f::Integer) total = 0 for i in 1:f @assert total >= 0 "This should not…

If you look at the native code for with_assert, you’ll notice that there aren’t any instructions related to the assertion. The compiler figured out that since the initial value of total is 0 and you’re only adding positive things to it (without the possibility of overflow), it can remove the excepti…

An assert statement makes my code run faster

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tkoolen June 16, 2019, 1:09pm 6

No, that was clear to me.

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An assert statement makes my code run faster

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