disable assertions in release build

setup.py

@@ -5,23 +5,8 @@ import sys
 class BuildExt(build_ext):
     """A custom build extension for adding compiler-specific options."""
     c_opts = {
-        'msvc': ['/EHsc', '/O2', '/std:c++11', '/W4', 
-        # disable some warnings from the Cython code
-            #'/wd4127', # conditional expression is constant
-            #'/wd4100', # '__pyx_self': unreferenced formal parameter
-            #'/wd4505', # unreferenced local function has been removed
-            #'/wd4125', # decimal digit terminates octal escape sequence
-            #'/wd4310', # cast truncates constant value
-        ],
-        'unix': ['-O3', '-std=c++11',
-            '-Wextra', '-Wall', '-Wconversion', '-g0',
-            #'-Wno-deprecated-declarations',
-            # the xcode implementation used in the CI has a bug, which causes
-            # this to be thrown even when it is ignored using brackets around the statement
-            #'-Wno-unreachable-code',
-            # this caused issues on the conda forge build
-            #'-Wno-unused-command-line-argument'
-            ],
+        'msvc': ['/EHsc', '/O2', '/std:c++11', '/W4', '/DNDEBUG'],
+        'unix': ['-O3', '-std=c++11', '-Wextra', '-Wall', '-Wconversion', '-g0', '-DNDEBUG'],
     }
     l_opts = {
         'msvc': [],
@@ -46,7 +31,6 @@ class BuildExt(build_ext):
             ext.extra_link_args += link_opts
         build_ext.build_extensions(self)
 
-
 ext_modules = [
     Extension(
        name='rapidfuzz.cpp_process',