From ff04381a1d8c56558fa082445d37d7ca86f862ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Rose <david@ddrose.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 19:16:44 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] make assert-abort work in VC7

---
 dtool/src/dconfig/notify.cxx | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/dtool/src/dconfig/notify.cxx b/dtool/src/dconfig/notify.cxx
index 8b9af791fe..5c7a999ef9 100644
--- a/dtool/src/dconfig/notify.cxx
+++ b/dtool/src/dconfig/notify.cxx
@@ -427,7 +427,14 @@ assert_failure(const char *expression, int line,
 
   if (get_assert_abort()) {
 #ifdef WIN32
-    assert(false);
+    // How to trigger an exception in VC++ that offers to take us into
+    // the debugger?  abort() doesn't do it.  We used to be able to
+    // assert(false), but in VC++ 7 that just throws an exception, and
+    // an uncaught exception just exits, without offering to open the
+    // debugger.  Guess we'll have to force a segfault.
+
+    int *ptr = (int *)NULL;
+    *ptr = 1;
 #else
     abort();
 #endif