From deaf8f9455547dad68619868b6c1d1d0f431a6f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Davis King <davis@dlib.net>
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2016 15:18:19 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Made DLIB_ASSERT and DLIB_CASSERT not kill the process when
 running inside a MATLAB mex file.

---
 dlib/error.h | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/dlib/error.h b/dlib/error.h
index 3431ca8c3..6b70ae0f7 100644
--- a/dlib/error.h
+++ b/dlib/error.h
@@ -254,6 +254,15 @@ namespace dlib
 
         void check_for_previous_fatal_errors()
         {
+            // If dlib is being use to create plugins for some other application, like
+            // MATLAB, then don't do these checks since it terminates the over arching
+            // system.  Just let the errors go to the plugin handler and it will deal with
+            // them.
+#if defined(MATLAB_MEX_FILE)
+            return;
+#endif
+
+
             static bool is_first_fatal_error = true;
             if (is_first_fatal_error == false)
             {