Avoiding unused variables warnings when using assert() in a Release build

Question

Sometimes a local variable is used for the sole purpose of checking it in an assert(), like so -

int Result = Func();
assert( Result == 1 );

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Answer 1

If this code is inside a function, then act on and return the result:

bool bigPicture() {

   //Check the results
   bool success = 1 != Func();
   assert(success == NO, "Bad times");

   //Success is given, so...
   actOnIt();

   //and
   return success;
}