Add custom messages in assert?

Question

Is there a way to add or edit the message thrown by assert? I\'d like to use something like

assert(a == b, \"A must be equal to B\");

Then

Answer 1

As zneak's answer convolutes the code somewhat, a better approach is to merely comment the string text you're talking about. ie.:

assert(a == b); // A must be equal to B

Since the reader of the assert error will look up the file and line anyway from the error message, they will see the full explanation here.

Because, at the end of the day, this:

assert(number_of_frames != 0); // Has frames to update

reads better than this:

assert(number_of_frames != 0 && "Has frames to update");

in terms of human parsing of code ie. readability. Also not a language hack.