lib: throw a special error in internal/assert

Instead of using the public AssertionError, use a simplified
error that describes potential causes of these assertions
and suggests the user to open an issue.

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/26635
Reviewed-By: Ruben Bridgewater <ruben@bridgewater.de>

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lib/internal/assert.js b/lib/internal/assert.js
index e403fd4b60e..b62b2753c0b 100644
--- a/lib/internal/assert.js
+++ b/lib/internal/assert.js
@@ -1,13 +1,22 @@
 'use strict';
 
+let error;
+function lazyError() {
+  if (!error) {
+    error = require('internal/errors').codes.ERR_INTERNAL_ASSERTION;
+  }
+  return error;
+}
 function assert(value, message) {
   if (!value) {
-    require('assert')(value, message);
+    const ERR_INTERNAL_ASSERTION = lazyError();
+    throw new ERR_INTERNAL_ASSERTION(message);
   }
 }
 
 function fail(message) {
-  require('assert').fail(message);
+  const ERR_INTERNAL_ASSERTION = lazyError();
+  throw new ERR_INTERNAL_ASSERTION(message);
 }
 
 assert.fail = fail;