Add option to turn asserts into exceptions and fix EPA related assert

[lmontaut]

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[jorisv]

I see other assert in src and include. Are you sure none of them should be turn into exception (velocity issue, assertion that really should never happen) ?

[lmontaut]

I see other assert in src and include. Are you sure none of them should be turn into exception (velocity issue, assertion that really should never happen) ?

Yes there probably are other assertions that should be turned into exceptions but I think the best for now is to introduce the macro and as we work on the project, we will convert the asserts we need into this macro.