is it just me or is `assert` dead? From what I see...

# announcements

[Andrew Gazelka]

is it just me or is assert dead? From what I see on Google it isn't even enabled by default in junit unit tests afaik

[natpryce]

You need to run the JVM with runtime assertions enabled for assert to do anything. They are intended for use in main code rather than tests, because a test that didn’t run its assertions would be pointless and, worse, give false confidence about its results. The kotlin.test package defines assertion functions for use in tests. https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/kotlin.test/kotlin.test/index.html#functions