My take on assertions, code sample accompanying blog post at http://merowing.info/2013/07/expanded-use-of-asserts/

Asserts

typedef NS_ENUM(NSInteger, kErrorCode) {
  kErrorCodeInternal = 431432,
};
 
//! generate error and log it.
extern NSError *pixle_NSErrorMake(NSString *message, NSUInteger code, NSDictionary *aUserInfo, SEL selector);
 
#define AssertTrueOrReturnBlock(condition, block) do{ NSAssert((condition), @"Invalid condition not satisfying: %s", #condition);\
    if(!(condition)) { block(pixle_NSErrorMake([NSString stringWithFormat:@"Invalid condition not satisfying: %s", #condition], kErrorCodeInternal, nil, _cmd)); return;} }while(0)
 
#define AssertTrueOrReturn(condition) do{ NSAssert((condition), @"Invalid condition not satisfying: %s", #condition);\
    if(!(condition)) { pixle_NSErrorMake([NSString stringWithFormat:@"Invalid condition not satisfying: %s", #condition], kErrorCodeInternal, nil, _cmd); return;} } while(0)
 
#define AssertTrueOrReturnNilBlock(condition, block) do{ NSAssert((condition), @"Invalid condition not satisfying: %s", #condition);\
    if(!(condition)) { block(pixle_NSErrorMake([NSString stringWithFormat:@"Invalid condition not satisfying: %s", #condition], kErrorCodeInternal, nil, _cmd)); return nil;} } while(0)
 
#define AssertTrueOrReturnNil(condition) do{ NSAssert((condition), @"Invalid condition not satisfying: %s", #condition);\
    if(!(condition)) { pixle_NSErrorMake([NSString stringWithFormat:@"Invalid condition not satisfying: %s", #condition], kErrorCodeInternal, nil, _cmd); return nil;} while(0)
 
#define AssertTrueOrReturnError(condition) do{ NSAssert((condition), @"Invalid condition not satisfying: %s", #condition);\
    if(!(condition)) { return pixle_NSErrorMake([NSString stringWithFormat:@"Invalid condition not satisfying: %s", #condition], kErrorCodeInternal, nil, _cmd);} }while(0)

Thanks for this! I always put another

if (!condition) {
    blabla;
}

right after the assertion call. Thanks to your blog post and this gist I created this gist, now I don't need to repeat it all the time! :)

You forgot to close every do while. You either don't use {} for it, or you close it. Since you got two instruction (NSAssert and if) close it.

Hey Kzrys, you don't need [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Invalid condition not satisfying: %s", #condition] you can simply do

@"Invalid condition not satisfying: " #condition

Because the compiler will attach the strings together for you.

My totally dry version is here: https://gist.github.com/samdods/8979831 I admit it's perhaps a little too dry in places, if there is such a thing! :)