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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="./asserts.html#id1588">BOOST_MPL_ASSERT</a></h1>
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#define <a href="./assert.html" class="identifier">BOOST_MPL_ASSERT</a>( pred ) \
<em>unspecified token sequence</em> \
/**/
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<p>Generates a compilation error when the predicate <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">pred</span></tt> holds false.</p>
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#include &lt;<a href="../../../../boost/mpl/assert.hpp" class="header">boost/mpl/assert.hpp</a>&gt;
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<tr><td><tt class="literal"><span class="pre">pred</span></tt></td>
<td>Boolean nullary <a class="reference internal" href="./metafunction.html">Metafunction</a></td>
<td>A predicate to be asserted.</td>
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<p>For any boolean nullary <a class="reference internal" href="./metafunction.html">Metafunction</a> <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">pred</span></tt>:</p>
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<a href="./assert.html" class="identifier">BOOST_MPL_ASSERT</a>(( pred ));
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<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Semantics:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">Generates a compilation error if <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">pred::type::value</span> <span class="pre">!=</span> <span class="pre">true</span></tt>, otherwise
has no effect. Note that double parentheses are required even if no commas
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<em>...</em> ************ pred::************ <em>...</em>
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template&lt; typename T, typename U &gt; struct my
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<a href="./assert.html" class="identifier">BOOST_MPL_ASSERT</a>(( is_same&lt; T,U &gt; ));
};
my&lt;void*,char*&gt; test;
// In instantiation of `my&lt;void, char*&gt;':
// instantiated from here
// conversion from `
// mpl_::failed************boost::is_same&lt;void, char*&gt;::************' to
// non-scalar type `mpl_::assert&lt;false&gt;' requested
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<p><a class="reference internal" href="./asserts.html">Asserts</a>, <a class="reference internal" href="./assert-not.html">BOOST_MPL_ASSERT_NOT</a>, <a class="reference internal" href="./assert-msg.html">BOOST_MPL_ASSERT_MSG</a>, <a class="reference internal" href="./assert-relation.html">BOOST_MPL_ASSERT_RELATION</a></p>
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