Landing: fe3c9c98bf52

Project / Subsystem

gcc / libstdc++

Date

2026-05-08

Author

Dragon Archer

Commit

fe3c9c98bf52e1a01f903c3d685930019a57ce61

Source

github

Perf win

No

Breaking

No

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gcc
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libstdc++
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fe3c9c98bf52e1a01f903c3d685930019a57ce61
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github
headline
libstdc++: Replace assert with __glibcxx_assert to reduce overhead.
tldr
Replaces `assert` with `__glibcxx_assert` in libstdc++ to reduce runtime overhead in release builds.
author
Dragon Archer
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committed
performance_win
false
breaking_change
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tags
  • libstdc++
  • assert
  • debugging
  • performance
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date
2026-05-08T00:00:00.000Z

This commit replaces instances of the standard C assert macro with the libstdc++-specific __glibcxx_assert macro in ryu and debug.cc. Unlike assert, __glibcxx_assert is disabled in release builds, which avoids unnecessary runtime checks and reduces binary size. To avoid modifying third-party headers, the patch redefines assert to __glibcxx_assert when including ryu headers.