From 670fa88a98c7e12c4e2e948d92476918d3048f7e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Steele <david@pgmasters.net>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 13:21:24 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add CHECK() macro for production assertions.

CHECK() works just like ASSERT() but is kept in production builds.
---
 doc/xml/release.xml |  4 ++++
 src/common/assert.h | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/xml/release.xml b/doc/xml/release.xml
index e7ce6a962..614e85e50 100644
--- a/doc/xml/release.xml
+++ b/doc/xml/release.xml
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@
                         <p>Move <code>lockRelease()</code> to the end of <code>exitSafe()</code>.</p>
                     </release-item>
 
+                    <release-item>
+                        <p>Add <code>CHECK()</code> macro for production assertions.</p>
+                    </release-item>
+
                     <release-item>
                         <p>Automatically generate constants for command and option names.</p>
                     </release-item>
diff --git a/src/common/assert.h b/src/common/assert.h
index 00c25dd22..e1fa6d0d5 100644
--- a/src/common/assert.h
+++ b/src/common/assert.h
@@ -21,5 +21,15 @@ Asserts are used in test code to ensure that certain conditions are true.  They
     #define ASSERT(condition)
 #endif
 
+/***********************************************************************************************************************************
+Checks are used in production builds to test very important conditions.  Be sure to limit use to the most critical cases.
+***********************************************************************************************************************************/
+#define CHECK(condition)                                                                                                           \
+    do                                                                                                                             \
+    {                                                                                                                              \
+        if (!(condition))                                                                                                          \
+            THROW_FMT(AssertError, "check '%s' failed", #condition);                                                               \
+    }                                                                                                                              \
+    while (0)
 
 #endif