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*DEPRECATED*: Use `failByThrow` instead.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bsls_assert.h>`

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[[noreturn]]
static
void
failThrow(
    char const* comment,
    char const* file,
    int line);
----

== Description

Throw an `AssertTestException` whose attributes are the specified `comemnt`, `file`, `line`, and `level` provided that `BDE_BUILD_TARGET_EXC` is defined; otherwise, log an appropriate message and abort the program (similar to `failAbort`).

== Return Value

[NOTE]
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This function https://en.cppreference.com/cpp/language/attributes/noreturn[does not return^].
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