From 1c3ac97d7adf0eda7ae33f1a36833b24c952945e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jinzhe Zeng <jinzhe.zeng@rutgers.edu>
Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 16:12:17 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] lmp: improve error message when compute/fix is not found
 (#3801)

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## Summary by CodeRabbit

- **Bug Fixes**
- Enhanced error handling to ensure required computes or fixes are
present before proceeding with operations, improving robustness and
reliability.

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Signed-off-by: Jinzhe Zeng <jinzhe.zeng@rutgers.edu>
Co-authored-by: pre-commit-ci[bot] <66853113+pre-commit-ci[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Han Wang <92130845+wanghan-iapcm@users.noreply.github.com>
(cherry picked from commit 7b16911ddf9498d2384a0b68dc6f7505e1a7d353)
---
 source/lmp/pair_deepmd.cpp | 16 ++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/source/lmp/pair_deepmd.cpp b/source/lmp/pair_deepmd.cpp
index 90aa453143..1a64fdb869 100644
--- a/source/lmp/pair_deepmd.cpp
+++ b/source/lmp/pair_deepmd.cpp
@@ -218,7 +218,9 @@ void PairDeepMD::make_fparam_from_compute(vector<double> &fparam) {
   int icompute = modify->find_compute(compute_fparam_id);
   Compute *compute = modify->compute[icompute];
 
-  assert(compute);
+  if (!compute) {
+    error->all(FLERR, "compute id is not found: " + compute_fparam_id);
+  }
   fparam.resize(dim_fparam);
 
   if (dim_fparam == 1) {
@@ -245,7 +247,9 @@ void PairDeepMD::make_aparam_from_compute(vector<double> &aparam) {
   int icompute = modify->find_compute(compute_aparam_id);
   Compute *compute = modify->compute[icompute];
 
-  assert(compute);
+  if (!compute) {
+    error->all(FLERR, "compute id is not found: " + compute_aparam_id);
+  }
   int nlocal = atom->nlocal;
   aparam.resize(static_cast<size_t>(dim_aparam) * nlocal);
 
@@ -276,7 +280,9 @@ void PairDeepMD::make_ttm_fparam(vector<double> &fparam) {
       ttm_fix = dynamic_cast<FixTTMDP *>(modify->fix[ii]);
     }
   }
-  assert(ttm_fix);
+  if (!ttm_fix) {
+    error->all(FLERR, "fix ttm id is not found: " + ttm_fix_id);
+  }
 
   fparam.resize(dim_fparam);
 
@@ -315,7 +321,9 @@ void PairDeepMD::make_ttm_aparam(vector<double> &daparam) {
       ttm_fix = dynamic_cast<FixTTMDP *>(modify->fix[ii]);
     }
   }
-  assert(ttm_fix);
+  if (!ttm_fix) {
+    error->all(FLERR, "fix ttm id is not found: " + ttm_fix_id);
+  }
   // modify
   double **x = atom->x;
   int *mask = atom->mask;