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# Assert Gooder
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Supercharged assert replacement.
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Lua Library that replaces the default [assert](https://www.lua.org/manual/5.4/manual.html#pdf-assert) function with one that can
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emit improved error messages. The improved assert function parses the
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assert condition, inspects the state of the program and emits an improved
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error message.
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## Example
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```lua
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function f (a)
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```
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assert(type(a) == 'string')
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```
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end
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f(42)
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```
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Without [assert-gooder](index.html#), the above code would fail with the error message
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`assertion failed!`. With [assert-gooder](index.html#), it will fail with this error message:
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`assertion failed! bad argument #1 'a' to 'f' (string expected, but got number: 42)`,
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## Motivation
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Assertions are useful to ensure internal consistency, when you're writing code
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in a hurry, but in Lua (and most other languages), these assert constructs never
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produce useful error messages, but rather unhelpful `assert failed!` errors and
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a stack trace.
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By making it a runtime library, instead of a "compile-time" rewrite, we gain
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flexibility. It's much easier to import a library, than restructuring then
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compile pipeline. It also means that we have access to runtime values, allowing
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even more helpful messages.
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## Setup
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Download, and use `assert = require "assert-gooder"` to overwrite Lua's default
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assert with [assert-gooder](index.html#).
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- Author: Jon Michael Aanes (jonjmaa@gmail.com)
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## Dependencies
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This project requires [PUC Lua 5.1](https://www.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/lua/mirror/versions.html#5.1) or [LuaJIT](https://luajit.org/luajit.html). Newer versions of PUC Lua are not supported.
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This project does not have any library requirements 😎
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## Contributing
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Feel free to submit pull requests. Please follow the [Code Conventions](CONVENTIONS.md) when doing so.
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## License
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MIT License
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Copyright (c) 2017-2025 Jon Michael Aanes
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Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
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of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
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to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
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copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
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furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
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The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
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copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
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IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
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FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
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AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
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LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
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OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
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SOFTWARE.
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```
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