Hi
I noticed that dynamic calls to the `assert()` function do not take the
`zend.assertions` into account, since for static calls `zend.assertions`
is checked inside the compiler to completely bypass the call to
`assert()` including the evaluation of all arguments. I created a PR to
fix that, making dynamic calls to assert always return true just like
static calls:
https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/18521
However these dynamic calls still evaluate their arguments, which makes
for a behavioral difference that might be confusing. Niels rightfully
pointed out that it is possible to forbid dynamic calls to a given
function, this is already used for things like `compact()` or
`func_get_args()`. Disallowing dynamic calls to `assert()` would
completely bypass this problem.
Does anyone have an opinion either way? Please comment on the GitHub
issue if you do so:
https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/18521#pullrequestreview-2825782965
Best regards
Tim Düsterhus
