Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] ui/vnc.c: Fix crash with VNC

[Gerd Hoffmann]

  Hi,

>> I'd go for clipping rather than asserting too (no crash) in all layers
>> as a defensive approach (console.c/vnc.c).
> 
> Won't that be an unnecessary slowdown?

Thats why I tend to prefer assert for additional sanity checks.  They
help finding bugs, but can optionally be compiled out.

But adding new asserts just before a release isn't the smartest move
indeed, maybe clip now and turn the checks into asserts once 1.3 is out
of the door.

cheers,
  Gerd