You want to handle fatal errors (assertions) yourself rather than have the library call abort()
Step-by-step guide
When there is an assertion failure, the library first checks whether the user has defined his/her own assertion handling mechanism. If not, it prints a message and calls abort. This is the default behaviour. But you can override this in the following way using the C API:
Define a function with the following signature:
typedef void (*codes_assertion_failed_proc)(const char* message);
Then call
codes_set_codes_assertion_failed_proc(&your_function);
- Now the library will call the chosen function (which for example could do nothing or throw a C++ exception) instead of the abort.
To restore the default behaviour, call
codes_set_codes_assertion_failed_proc(NULL);
Example
static void my_assertion_proc(const char* message)
{
printf("It's OK. I caught the assertion: %s\n", message);
// Do something else
}
codes_set_codes_assertion_failed_proc(&my_assertion_proc);
// Do lots of experimental stuff knowing all asserts will be caught
// Now restore default behaviour
codes_set_codes_assertion_failed_proc(NULL);