From a SO question:

            

              namespace ConsoleApplication1

{
class Program

{
staticvoid Main(string[]
args)

{

Console.WriteLine("Hello world");
stringvalue =
SendEmail("");

}

staticstring SendEmail(string subject)

{
#region Parameter assertions

Debug.Assert(subject != "");
#endregion
return subject;

}

}

}

            

 

            

 

            
            
          

Put Debug.Assert() everywhere in the code where you want have sanity checks to ensure invariants. When you compile a Release build (i.e., no DEBUG compiler constant), the calls to Debug.Assert() will be removed so they won't affect performance.

You should still throw exceptions before calling Debug.Assert(). The assert just makes sure that everything is as expected while you're still developing.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/129120/when-should-i-use-debug-assert