Assert Expressions???

[BCS]

Reply to Gilles G.,

> I tried this code and... it won't produce any error.  I still don't
> understand why. Could you please report the (odd) explaination?
> 
> --
> Gilles
> BCS Wrote:
>> this is just odd
>> 
>> void main()
>> {
>> bool a;
>> a ? assert(a) : assert(!a);
>> }
>> http://www.digitalmars.com/d/expression.html
>> 

in this case is shouldn't produce an error, however it shows that assert 
is in fact an *expression* and not a statement as I would expect

this for instance, also works:

void main()
{
	int i = 5 + (assert(false), 6);
}

while witting this it just occurred to me why assert should be an expression. 
you can stuff it in logical expressions

while(ptr2ptr != null && (assert(*ptr2ptr != null), **ptr2ptr == 5)) {...}