beginning to lift vmem ops out of the arena

code/base/debug.h

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+#ifdef INTELLISENSE_DIRECTIVES
+#	pragma once
+#	include "context_cracking.h"
+#	include "macros.h"
+#endif
+
+////////////////////////////////
+//~ rjf: Asserts
+
+#ifndef trap
+#	if COMPILER_MSVC
+#		define trap() __debugbreak()
+#	elif COMPILER_CLANG || COMPILER_GCC
+#		define trap() __builtin_trap()
+#	else
+#		error Unknown trap intrinsic for this compiler.
+#	endif
+#endif
+
+#ifndef assert_always
+#define assert_always(x) do { if ( !(x) ) { trap(); } } while(0)
+#endif
+
+#ifndef assert
+#	if BUILD_DEBUG
+#		define assert(x) assert_always(x)
+#	else
+#		define assert(x) (void)(x)
+#	endif
+#endif
+
+#ifndef invalid_path
+#define invalid_path            assert( ! "Invalid Path!")
+#endif
+#ifndef not_implemented
+#define not_implemented         assert( ! "Not Implemented!")
+#endif
+#ifndef no_op
+#define no_op                   ((void)0)
+#endif
+#ifndef md_static_assert
+#define md_static_assert(C, ID) global U8 glue(ID, __LINE__)[ (C) ? 1 : -1 ]
+#endif