From 5a4960b3001cdb32d88af6b0b4d5ca36a466ccf7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Meadows <andrew@highfidelity.io>
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2019 08:57:18 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] add crash::doAssert() for debug purposes

---
 libraries/shared/src/CrashHelpers.cpp | 15 +++++++++++++++
 libraries/shared/src/CrashHelpers.h   |  1 +
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/libraries/shared/src/CrashHelpers.cpp b/libraries/shared/src/CrashHelpers.cpp
index f8ca90bc4c..1676318f3e 100644
--- a/libraries/shared/src/CrashHelpers.cpp
+++ b/libraries/shared/src/CrashHelpers.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,16 @@
 
 #include "CrashHelpers.h"
 
+#ifdef NDEBUG
+// undefine NDEBUG so doAssert() works for all builds
+#undef NDEBUG
+#include <assert.h>
+#define NDEBUG
+#else
+#include <assert.h>
+#endif
+
+
 namespace crash {
 
 class B;
@@ -34,6 +44,11 @@ A::~A() {
     _b->virtualFunction();
 }
 
+// only use doAssert() for debug purposes
+void doAssert(bool value) {
+    assert(value);
+}
+
 void pureVirtualCall() {
     qCDebug(shared) << "About to make a pure virtual call";
     B b;
diff --git a/libraries/shared/src/CrashHelpers.h b/libraries/shared/src/CrashHelpers.h
index ad988c8906..247aea5cde 100644
--- a/libraries/shared/src/CrashHelpers.h
+++ b/libraries/shared/src/CrashHelpers.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 namespace crash {
 
+void doAssert(bool value); // works for Release
 void pureVirtualCall();
 void doubleFree();
 void nullDeref();