Why assert is not a function?

[Mirko]

Am 02.03.2021 um 23:09 schrieb Stestagg:
> Ignoring the question about this feature being particularly useful, it

It is useful because "assert" is primarily (if not purely and
exclusive) a debugging tool during development and testing.

In production code you don't want any asserts, but logging. Having
"assert" being a function would make it much harder to get rid of it
in production code.