Conditional compilation: Which version identifier for release code ? version(assert) ?

[Mike Parker]

On Thursday, 5 August 2021 at 10:43:01 UTC, wjoe wrote:


>
> Could you elaborate on ```version(assert)``` a bit more, please 
> ? Like I compiled with ```-release, -g``` and without the 2 
> options but the ```assert``` branch was always taken. Could it 
> be that ```-unittest``` has something to do with it ?

Yes, -unittest overrides -release and enables asserts. 
-check=assert=off overrides both.

I agree with Adam about avoiding -release. -debug is useful. 
-release, not so much since we have finer control over 
enabling/disabling checks these days.