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diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/perl/lib/assert.pl b/gnu/usr.bin/perl/lib/assert.pl
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+# assert.pl
+# tchrist@convex.com (Tom Christiansen)
+# 
+# Usage:
+# 
+#     &assert('@x > @y');
+#     &assert('$var > 10', $var, $othervar, @various_info);
+# 
+# That is, if the first expression evals false, we blow up.  The
+# rest of the args, if any, are nice to know because they will
+# be printed out by &panic, which is just the stack-backtrace
+# routine shamelessly borrowed from the perl debugger.
+
+sub assert {
+    &panic("ASSERTION BOTCHED: $_[0]",$@) unless eval $_[0];
+} 
+
+sub panic {
+    select(STDERR);
+
+    print "\npanic: @_\n";
+
+    exit 1 if $] <= 4.003;  # caller broken
+
+    # stack traceback gratefully borrowed from perl debugger
+
+    local($i,$_);
+    local($p,$f,$l,$s,$h,$a,@a,@sub);
+    for ($i = 0; ($p,$f,$l,$s,$h,$w) = caller($i); $i++) {
+	@a = @DB'args;
+	for (@a) {
+	    if (/^StB\000/ && length($_) == length($_main{'_main'})) {
+		$_ = sprintf("%s",$_);
+	    }
+	    else {
+		s/'/\\'/g;
+		s/([^\0]*)/'$1'/ unless /^-?[\d.]+$/;
+		s/([\200-\377])/sprintf("M-%c",ord($1)&0177)/eg;
+		s/([\0-\37\177])/sprintf("^%c",ord($1)^64)/eg;
+	    }
+	}
+	$w = $w ? '@ = ' : '$ = ';
+	$a = $h ? '(' . join(', ', @a) . ')' : '';
+	push(@sub, "$w&$s$a from file $f line $l\n");
+    }
+    for ($i=0; $i <= $#sub; $i++) {
+	print $sub[$i];
+    }
+    exit 1;
+} 
+
+1;