Assertion: assertion | /r/HasProperty | act
Facets:
value: in reusable libraries
type: LOCATION
value: very
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: An assertion can also be an act that seems to make a statement without words.
text: Assertions are very effective in reusable libraries, for example, since i) the library is small enough for it to be possible to guarantee bug-free operation, and ii) the library routines cannot perform error- handling because they do not know in what environment they will be used.
text: Thus, assertions are an effective means of improving the reliability of programs-in other words, they are a systematic debugging tool.