http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=60639
--- Comment #6 from Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> --- (In reply to Olaf van der Spek from comment #4) > (In reply to Andrew Pinski from comment #3) > > Well don't call it assert, call it my_assert or something like that. > > > > We should not be adding random extensions if they can be done other places. > > Then what is the criteria for including something in GCC (or libc)? If it is part of a standard or is needed for a language feature is the criteria for GCC/glibc. > And what'd be a better place? Your own library. > > > Also I think assert.h comes from libc and not GCC. > > glibc? well it depends on your target but for GNU/Linux, it is glibc. For Android/Linux, it is bionic. But there are other libc's besides those two out there for Linux.