From 791abfbc165c11c725358a0279301af9a3094569 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Araq <rumpf_a@web.de>
Date: Wed, 15 May 2019 18:19:17 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] selectors: exceptions are for errors, not for bugs

---
 lib/pure/selectors.nim | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/pure/selectors.nim b/lib/pure/selectors.nim
index e2ab98ba87..9b149e26cb 100644
--- a/lib/pure/selectors.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/selectors.nim
@@ -317,10 +317,7 @@ else:
   proc verifySelectParams(timeout: int) =
     # Timeout of -1 means: wait forever
     # Anything higher is the time to wait in miliseconds.
-    if timeout < -1:
-      raise newException(
-        ValueError, "Cannot select with a negative value, got " & $timeout
-      )
+    doAssert(timeout >= -1, "Cannot select with a negative value, got " & $timeout)
 
   when defined(linux):
     include ioselects/ioselectors_epoll