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function assert (assertion) {
    // Checks if assertion is false  
    // 
    // version: 1008.1718
    // discuss at: http://phpjs.org/functions/assert    // +   original by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me)
    // %          note 1: Do not pass untrusted user input to assert() in string form (you can test it beforehand though)
    // %          note 2: Does not provide perfect arguments to the assertion callback, as far as file location or line number
    // *     example 1: assert('false === true');
    // *     returns 1: false 
    var result = false, callback, retVal, err=undefined;
 
    // BEGIN REDUNDANT
    this.php_js = this.php_js || {};    this.php_js.ini = this.php_js.ini || {};
    this.php_js.assert_values = this.php_js.assert_values || {};
    // END REDUNDANT
 
    var getOption = function (value) {        if (this.php_js.assert_values[value]) {
            return this.php_js.assert_values[value];
        }
        if (this.php_js.ini[value]) {
            return this.php_js.ini[value].local_value;        }
        switch (value) {
            case 'assert.active':
                return 1;
            case 'assert.warning': // Don't need this now                //return 1;
                throw 'We have not yet implemented warnings in JavaScript (assert())';
            case 'assert.bail':
                return 0;
            case 'assert.quiet_eval':                return 0;
            case 'assert.callback':
                return null;
            default:
                throw 'There was some problem';        }
    };
 
    if (!getOption('assert.active')) {
        return false; // is this correct? should callbacks still execute? Should still bail if on?    }
 
    try { // Less overhead to use string when assertion checking is off, allows message of exact code to callback
        result = typeof assertion === 'string' ? eval(assertion) : assertion;
    }    catch (e) {
        if (!getOption('assert.quiet_eval')) {
            throw e;
        }
        err = e;        result = false;
    }
    retVal = result !== false; // return false if false, otherwise, return true
    if (retVal === false) {
        if (getOption('assert.bail')) { // Todo: Will the function bail before a callback or after?            throw 'Assertion bailed'; // No way to bail without throwing an exception (and there are no "warnings" in JavaScript for us to throw)
        }
        callback = getOption('assert.callback');
        if (typeof callback === 'string') {
            callback = this.window[callback];        }
        // Not perfect for file location (might also use __FILE__()) or line number
        callback(this.window.location.href, err && err.lineNumber, (typeof assertion === 'string' ? assertion : '')); // From the docs, what does this mean?: "the third argument will contain the expression that failed (if any - literal values such as 1 or "two" will not be passed via this argument)"
    }
    return retVal;}

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assert('false === true');

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false