assert: create internal/assert micro-module

For use in built-in modules that could benefit from `assert()` without
having to load the entire module (unless an AssertionError actually
occurs): lib/internal/assert.js.

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/25956
Reviewed-By: Ruben Bridgewater <ruben@bridgewater.de>
Reviewed-By: Minwoo Jung <minwoo@nodesource.com>

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/internal/assert.js b/lib/internal/assert.js
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index 0000000000..b5eb88c93b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/internal/assert.js
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+'use strict';
+
+function assert(value, message) {
+  if (!value) {
+    require('assert')(value, message);
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = assert;