The problem with assert()'s is they require debugging to be enabled,
obviously, who compiles it that way?

You may not even want to worry about the second check, when you pass it
into the allocator it gets converted to an unsigned int which will cause
the allocator to either fail (32-bit) or allocate more memory than
expected-- either cause it handled/benign.

If you'd prefer I can file every place where this actually bites you
guys, I was just trying to be nice.