Discouraged Assert

Prefer assertionFailure() and/or preconditionFailure() over assert(false)

• Identifier: discouraged_assert
• Enabled by default: No
• Supports autocorrection: No
• Kind: idiomatic
• Analyzer rule: No
• Minimum Swift compiler version: 5.0.0
• Default configuration:

  Key	Value
  severity	warning

Non Triggering Examples

assert(true)

assert(true, "foobar")

assert(true, "foobar", file: "toto", line: 42)

assert(false || true)

XCTAssert(false)

Triggering Examples

↓assert(false)

↓assert(false, "foobar")

↓assert(false, "foobar", file: "toto", line: 42)

↓assert(   false    , "foobar")