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1 2 # better-assert 3 4 Better c-style assertions using [callsite](https://github.com/visionmedia/callsite) for 5 self-documenting failure messages. 6 7 ## Installation 8 9 $ npm install better-assert 10 11 ## Example 12 13 By default assertions are enabled, however the __NO_ASSERT__ environment variable 14 will deactivate them when truthy. 15 16 ```js 17 var assert = require('better-assert'); 18 19 test(); 20 21 function test() { 22 var user = { name: 'tobi' }; 23 assert('tobi' == user.name); 24 assert('number' == typeof user.age); 25 } 26 27 AssertionError: 'number' == typeof user.age 28 at test (/Users/tj/projects/better-assert/example.js:9:3) 29 at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/tj/projects/better-assert/example.js:4:1) 30 at Module._compile (module.js:449:26) 31 at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:467:10) 32 at Module.load (module.js:356:32) 33 at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12) 34 at Module.runMain (module.js:492:10) 35 at process.startup.processNextTick.process._tickCallback (node.js:244:9) 36 ``` 37 38 ## License 39 40 (The MIT License) 41 42 Copyright (c) 2012 TJ Holowaychuk <tj@vision-media.ca> 43 44 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining 45 a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 46 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including 47 without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, 48 distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to 49 permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to 50 the following conditions: 51 52 The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be 53 included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. 54 55 THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, 56 EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF 57 MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. 58 IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY 59 CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, 60 TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE 61 SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.