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The explanation contains the following

The only case where this could be justified is when you are trying to find out whether or not assertions are enabled in your code:    

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boolean enabled = false;
assert enabled == true;
if(enabled)
    System.out.println("Assertions are enabled") 
else
    System.out.println("Assertions are disabled")

If assertions are enabled, the code will figure it out, but it will not do it in a proper way! It will always throw an AssertionError if assertions are enabled and will never reach the if-statement. Line 2 of the code should be modified to: (assignment!). In this case 'enabled' will only be set to true if assertions are enabled, because otherwise line 2 will not be executed!

Kind regards,

Martijn

You are right. Fixed.
thank you for your feedback!