From 47431da892d3762d8bef25844d5ad06e12206994 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan Vandermause <jonathan_vandermause@g.harvard.edu>
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2024 00:59:27 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] use runtime error instead

---
 src/flare_pp/bffs/sparse_gp.cpp | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/flare_pp/bffs/sparse_gp.cpp b/src/flare_pp/bffs/sparse_gp.cpp
index 74a1ad94..c713f7df 100644
--- a/src/flare_pp/bffs/sparse_gp.cpp
+++ b/src/flare_pp/bffs/sparse_gp.cpp
@@ -191,7 +191,9 @@ void SparseGP ::add_specific_environments(const Structure &structure,
 void SparseGP ::add_uncertain_environments(const Structure &structure,
                                            const std::vector<int> &n_added) {
 
-  assert(n_added.size() == n_kernels && "n_added must have the same size as the number of kernels");
+    if (n_added.size() != n_kernels) {
+        throw std::runtime_error("n_added must have the same size as the number of kernels");
+    }
 
   initialize_sparse_descriptors(structure);
   // Compute cluster uncertainties.