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# translation.backendopt.remove_asserts

- name: remove_asserts
- description: Remove operations that look like ‘raise AssertionError’, which lets the C optimizer remove the asserts
- command-line: –translation-backendopt-remove_asserts
- command-line for negation: –no-translation-backendopt-remove_asserts
- option type: boolean option
- default: False

Remove raising of assertions from the flowgraphs, which might give small speedups.

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