Release version with @asserts removed from precompile

[rasmushenningsson]

The @assert statements in src/precompile.jl were removed 5 years ago #59ee94b, but somehow never made into a release (because the release-0.8 branch does not have the fix).
Would it be possible to backport it and release 0.8.6?

(For some reason, these @asserts fail for me when I'm using the PackageCompiler. I don't know enough about these things to understand why.)

[ctarn]

the same issues. I fix it by cloning the pkg locally and reverting the master version to 0.8.5.

[rasmushenningsson]

Friendly bump. 🙂
Is there any reason why the @asserts are there in the released version but not on master?

[Kyjor]

I am having the same issue myself here when trying to build with PackageCompiler

[Kyjor]

Created a pull request here to backport to 0.8: #320

[bjarthur]

have you tried juliac instead of packagecompiler? i don't have problems with fixedpointnumbers with the former.