env_assert

env_assert is a incredibly simple Rust library that allows you to only run an assert! when an the RUST_ENV_ASSERT environmental variable is set to true.

For example:

```rust use envassert::envassert; fn main() { let res = expensivefuncthatshouldreturnpositive(); envassert!(res.is_positive()); // "sanity check"

println!("We got here because the environmental variable was not set!");

}

fn expensivefuncthatshouldreturn_positive() -> i8 { // do some really hard things here

// oh no! our expensive function messed up and is going to return a negative value
-42

} ```

text $ cargo run We got here because the environmental variable was not set!

Now lets set our variable and then run

text $ RUST_ENV_ASSERT=true cargo run thread 'main' panicked at 'assertion failed: res.is_positive()', src/main.rs:4:5

What problem does this solve?

Sometimes, the performance increase for running in release mode is significant, but I still want asserts. However, some of those asserts are in a sense debug asserts, and I would rather the program continue than crash when it is deployed. This library lets you have asserts while in release mode, without negatively impacting performance for end users.