diff --git a/tinyxml2.cpp b/tinyxml2.cpp
index 82c6646..42659f2 100755
--- a/tinyxml2.cpp
+++ b/tinyxml2.cpp
@@ -526,15 +526,8 @@ char* XMLDocument::Identify( char* p, XMLNode** node )
     static const int cdataHeaderLen		= 9;
     static const int elementHeaderLen	= 1;
 
-#if defined(_MSC_VER)
-#pragma warning ( push )
-#pragma warning ( disable : 4127 )
-#endif
     TIXMLASSERT( sizeof( XMLComment ) == sizeof( XMLUnknown ) );		// use same memory pool
     TIXMLASSERT( sizeof( XMLComment ) == sizeof( XMLDeclaration ) );	// use same memory pool
-#if defined(_MSC_VER)
-#pragma warning (pop)
-#endif
     XMLNode* returnNode = 0;
     if ( XMLUtil::StringEqual( p, xmlHeader, xmlHeaderLen ) ) {
         TIXMLASSERT( sizeof( XMLDeclaration ) == _commentPool.ItemSize() );
diff --git a/tinyxml2.h b/tinyxml2.h
index 14993ef..530160f 100755
--- a/tinyxml2.h
+++ b/tinyxml2.h
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ distribution.
 
 #if defined(DEBUG)
 #   if defined(_MSC_VER)
-#       define TIXMLASSERT( x )           if ( !(x)) { __debugbreak(); } //if ( !(x)) WinDebugBreak()
+#       // "(void)0," is for suppressing C4127 warning in "assert(false)", "assert(true)" and the like
+#       define TIXMLASSERT( x )           if ( !((void)0,(x))) { __debugbreak(); } //if ( !(x)) WinDebugBreak()
 #   elif defined (ANDROID_NDK)
 #       include <android/log.h>
 #       define TIXMLASSERT( x )           if ( !(x)) { __android_log_assert( "assert", "grinliz", "ASSERT in '%s' at %d.", __FILE__, __LINE__ ); }
diff --git a/xmltest.cpp b/xmltest.cpp
index 764b471..79ecf88 100644
--- a/xmltest.cpp
+++ b/xmltest.cpp
@@ -295,6 +295,10 @@ int main( int argc, const char ** argv )
 		mkdir( "resources/out/", S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IROTH | S_IXOTH);
 	#endif
 
+	{
+		TIXMLASSERT( true );
+	}
+
 	if ( argc > 1 ) {
 		XMLDocument* doc = new XMLDocument();
 		clock_t startTime = clock();