Keeping assert's active when not in debug mode?

["Christian Convey" <christian.convey@gmail.com>]

Is there any way I can make assert(...) macro invocations still do
their magic, even when I build my software for release (e.g., not with
the "-g" option)?

I'd really like to keep them active, so that we can more easily detect
flaws in the released version of the software.

If I can't make assert(...) calls work, any suggestions for what to
use instead?  Maybe something like this? (I know I'd need to fix some
preprocessor issues for the macro...)

#define my_assert(predicate) {
#ifdef DEBUG
   assert(predicate);
#else
   if (! (predicate)) {
      error_at_line(1, 1, __FILE__, __LINE__, "predicate");
   }
#endif
}


Thanks,
Christian