added note on assertions (#168)

nlohmann · Jan 13, 2016 · c0bb5a5 · c0bb5a5
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+## Notes
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+- The code contains numerous debug assertions which can be switched off by defining the preprocessor macro `NDEBUG`, see the [documentation of `assert`](http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/error/assert).
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 ## Execute unit tests
 
 To compile and run the tests, you need to execute