32 bit longs

[Paul Tomblin]

bright at nazgul.UUCP (Walter Bright) writes:
>	if (sizeof(x) == 4)
>		/* code here depends on 32 bits in x */
>		...
>	else
>		/* Portability alert! */
>		assert(0); /* rewrite this algorithm! */

What could possibly be the advantage of that code over the following?:

	/*	If this assertion fails, port to another machine or rewrite! */
	assert(sizeof(x) == 4);

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