From cde7aeac3ddd97d5e553c064034bb7b55555a66d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jvoisin <julien.voisin@dustri.org>
Date: Sat, 20 May 2023 19:33:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Replace an `asert` with a conditional throw

The assert is reachable, resulting in a brutal `abort`
instead of a nice exception.
---
 components/esm4/reader.cpp | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/components/esm4/reader.cpp b/components/esm4/reader.cpp
index 18f5cddadf..d2c77919d2 100644
--- a/components/esm4/reader.cpp
+++ b/components/esm4/reader.cpp
@@ -686,7 +686,8 @@ namespace ESM4
                 {
                     char ch;
                     stream.read(&ch, 1); // read the null terminator
-                    assert(ch == '\0' && "ESM4::Reader::getString string is not terminated with a null");
+                    if (ch != '\0')
+                        throw std::runtime_error("ESM4::Reader::getString string is not terminated with a null");
                 }
 #if 0
             else