if no unit test and is in debug generates assert otherwise generates …

…exception

src/xtd.tunit/include/xtd/tunit/base_assert.h

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "abort_error.h"
 #include "assert_error.h"
 #include "ignore_error.h"
+#include <xtd/environment>
 #include <xtd/types>
 #include <xtd/typeof>
 #include <xtd/ustring>
@@ -213,6 +214,9 @@ namespace xtd {
       /// @return The xtd::ustring that contains the joined string.
       static xtd::ustring join_items(const xtd::ustring& str);
       /// @}
+
+    private:
+      static bool is_debug() noexcept {return environment::compiler_version().build_type() == build_type::debug;}
     };
   }
 }

src/xtd.tunit/src/xtd/tunit/base_assert.cpp

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "../../../include/xtd/tunit/settings.h"
 #include "../../../include/xtd/tunit/unit_test.h"
 #include "../../../include/xtd/tunit/test.h"
+#include <xtd/diagnostics/assert>
 
 using namespace std;
 using namespace xtd;
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ void base_assert::fail(const ustring& message) {
 }
 
 void base_assert::fail(const ustring& message, const stack_frame& stack_frame) {
-  base_assert::fail("", "", message, stack_frame);
+  fail("", "", message, stack_frame);
 }
 
 void base_assert::error() {
@@ -81,7 +82,9 @@ void base_assert::fail(const ustring& expected, const ustring& actual, const ust
     test::current_test().expect_ = expected;
     test::current_test().status_ = test::test_status::failed;
   }
-  throw assert_error(message != ""_s ? message : "assertion failed!"_s);
+  if (!test::has_current_unit_test() && is_debug()) {
+    assert_(false, message != ""_s ? message : "assertion failed!"_s);
+  } else throw assert_error(message != ""_s ? message : "assertion failed!"_s);
 }
 
 void base_assert::ignore() {