Don't assert(foo()) where foo has side effects

5 files changed, 14 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/src/bench/block_assemble.cpp b/src/bench/block_assemble.cpp
index 36fa175a76..2bd67654ab 100644
--- a/src/bench/block_assemble.cpp
+++ b/src/bench/block_assemble.cpp
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ static CTxIn MineBlock(const CScript& coinbase_scriptPubKey)
     auto block = PrepareBlock(coinbase_scriptPubKey);
 
     while (!CheckProofOfWork(block->GetHash(), block->nBits, Params().GetConsensus())) {
-        assert(++block->nNonce);
+        ++block->nNonce;
+        assert(block->nNonce);
     }
 
     bool processed{ProcessNewBlock(Params(), block, true, nullptr)};
diff --git a/src/bench/checkblock.cpp b/src/bench/checkblock.cpp
index fac7e079a7..387ae1769c 100644
--- a/src/bench/checkblock.cpp
+++ b/src/bench/checkblock.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ static void DeserializeBlockTest(benchmark::State& state)
     while (state.KeepRunning()) {
         CBlock block;
         stream >> block;
-        assert(stream.Rewind(sizeof(block_bench::block413567)));
+        bool rewound = stream.Rewind(sizeof(block_bench::block413567));
+        assert(rewound);
     }
 }
 
@@ -45,10 +46,12 @@ static void DeserializeAndCheckBlockTest(benchmark::State& state)
     while (state.KeepRunning()) {
         CBlock block; // Note that CBlock caches its checked state, so we need to recreate it here
         stream >> block;
-        assert(stream.Rewind(sizeof(block_bench::block413567)));
+        bool rewound = stream.Rewind(sizeof(block_bench::block413567));
+        assert(rewound);
 
         CValidationState validationState;
-        assert(CheckBlock(block, validationState, chainParams->GetConsensus()));
+        bool checked = CheckBlock(block, validationState, chainParams->GetConsensus());
+        assert(checked);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/httprpc.cpp b/src/httprpc.cpp
index de2437943e..aec92711c9 100644
--- a/src/httprpc.cpp
+++ b/src/httprpc.cpp
@@ -240,8 +240,9 @@ bool StartHTTPRPC()
     // ifdef can be removed once we switch to better endpoint support and API versioning
     RegisterHTTPHandler("/wallet/", false, HTTPReq_JSONRPC);
 #endif
-    assert(EventBase());
-    httpRPCTimerInterface = MakeUnique<HTTPRPCTimerInterface>(EventBase());
+    struct event_base* eventBase = EventBase();
+    assert(eventBase);
+    httpRPCTimerInterface = MakeUnique<HTTPRPCTimerInterface>(eventBase);
     RPCSetTimerInterface(httpRPCTimerInterface.get());
     return true;
 }
diff --git a/src/script/sign.cpp b/src/script/sign.cpp
index 60a8a2655d..541d90e78f 100644
--- a/src/script/sign.cpp
+++ b/src/script/sign.cpp
@@ -424,7 +424,8 @@ bool IsSolvable(const SigningProvider& provider, const CScript& script)
     static_assert(STANDARD_SCRIPT_VERIFY_FLAGS & SCRIPT_VERIFY_WITNESS_PUBKEYTYPE, "IsSolvable requires standard script flags to include WITNESS_PUBKEYTYPE");
     if (ProduceSignature(provider, DUMMY_SIGNATURE_CREATOR, script, sigs)) {
         // VerifyScript check is just defensive, and should never fail.
-        assert(VerifyScript(sigs.scriptSig, script, &sigs.scriptWitness, STANDARD_SCRIPT_VERIFY_FLAGS, DUMMY_CHECKER));
+        bool verified = VerifyScript(sigs.scriptSig, script, &sigs.scriptWitness, STANDARD_SCRIPT_VERIFY_FLAGS, DUMMY_CHECKER);
+        assert(verified);
         return true;
     }
     return false;
diff --git a/src/test/txvalidation_tests.cpp b/src/test/txvalidation_tests.cpp
index 2d1eb7b772..473ec5addf 100644
--- a/src/test/txvalidation_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/txvalidation_tests.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_CASE(tx_mempool_reject_coinbase, TestChain100Setup)
     coinbaseTx.vout[0].nValue = 1 * CENT;
     coinbaseTx.vout[0].scriptPubKey = scriptPubKey;
 
-    assert(CTransaction(coinbaseTx).IsCoinBase());
+    BOOST_CHECK(CTransaction(coinbaseTx).IsCoinBase());
 
     CValidationState state;