assert(false, "...") doesn't terminate program?!

[Era Scarecrow]

On Saturday, 27 October 2012 at 19:08:02 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> No it's not a bug, because the value is *not* known to be zero 
> at compile-time (it depends on what value you put in the 
> BigInt).

  I think I read the question wrong earlier. My apologies.