# @assert alternatives?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/assert-alternatives/24775>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [May 30, 2019, 5:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/assert-alternatives/24775 "2019-05-30T17:22:15Z")\
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+1 for outside-the-box

we want the assertion macro to be able to dissolve in a released version  
we do not want to force the package user to start with `--check-bounds=no`

reversing the sense of your macro forces bounds checking off when assertions are active, and that is imperfect for development

fwiw years ago I found a way that worked – would be worth more with sourcetext, and maybe it worked by using aspects of very early Julia that no longer hold.

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