This includes as little as possible in the assertion header, so
that it can be included globally in every file without pulling
any unwanted definitions. In particular pulling stdlib.h is
avoided because that can have side effects if it wants to
include non-portable extensions.
It is possible to have side-effects from include glib.h too, for
example because of G_LOG_DOMAIN.
These side-effects are usually avoidable with careful ordering
of pre-processor directives but with multiple levels of indirections
it can be hard to track. Better to make it robust to these kinds
of failures in the first place.
Also integrate with our logger for a cohesive experience (but
keep it a private dependency).
Use a void expression instead of removing the expression
entirely. Under certain conditions, for example as the only
statement in an if() conditional, removing the assertion
will generate compiler warnings.
Currently our build generates very many warnings if
G_DISABLE_ASSERT is defined.
Add ws_assert() and ws_assert_not_reached() to incrementally
replace existing assertions and then disable them using
WS_DISABLE_ASSERT.
Assertions are disabled with CMake build type Release.
By default the build type is RelWithDebInfo so the current
behaviour of enabling assertions by default is (for now) preserved.
Add some notes to README.Developer.
João Valverde