@@ -1116,7 +1116,7 @@ subtype_dealloc(PyObject *self)
 
     /* Extract the type; we expect it to be a heap type */
     type = Py_TYPE(self);
-    assert(type->tp_flags & Py_TPFLAGS_HEAPTYPE);
+    _PyObject_ASSERT((PyObject *)type, type->tp_flags & Py_TPFLAGS_HEAPTYPE);
 
     /* Test whether the type has GC exactly once */
 
@@ -2208,17 +2208,19 @@ subtype_getweakref(PyObject *obj, void *context)
 {
     PyObject **weaklistptr;
     PyObject *result;
+    PyTypeObject *type = Py_TYPE(obj);
 
-    if (Py_TYPE(obj)->tp_weaklistoffset == 0) {
+    if (type->tp_weaklistoffset == 0) {
         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_AttributeError,
                         "This object has no __weakref__");
         return NULL;
     }
-    assert(Py_TYPE(obj)->tp_weaklistoffset > 0);
-    assert(Py_TYPE(obj)->tp_weaklistoffset + sizeof(PyObject *) <=
-           (size_t)(Py_TYPE(obj)->tp_basicsize));
-    weaklistptr = (PyObject **)
-        ((char *)obj + Py_TYPE(obj)->tp_weaklistoffset);
+    _PyObject_ASSERT((PyObject *)type,
+                     type->tp_weaklistoffset > 0);
+    _PyObject_ASSERT((PyObject *)type,
+                     ((type->tp_weaklistoffset + sizeof(PyObject *))
+                      <= (size_t)(type->tp_basicsize)));
+    weaklistptr = (PyObject **)((char *)obj + type->tp_weaklistoffset);
     if (*weaklistptr == NULL)
         result = Py_None;
     else
@@ -3279,7 +3281,7 @@ type_dealloc(PyTypeObject *type)
     PyObject *tp, *val, *tb;
 
     /* Assert this is a heap-allocated type object */
-    assert(type->tp_flags & Py_TPFLAGS_HEAPTYPE);
+    _PyObject_ASSERT((PyObject *)type, type->tp_flags & Py_TPFLAGS_HEAPTYPE);
     _PyObject_GC_UNTRACK(type);
     PyErr_Fetch(&tp, &val, &tb);
     remove_all_subclasses(type, type->tp_bases);
@@ -3503,7 +3505,7 @@ type_clear(PyTypeObject *type)
     PyDictKeysObject *cached_keys;
     /* Because of type_is_gc(), the collector only calls this
        for heaptypes. */
-    assert(type->tp_flags & Py_TPFLAGS_HEAPTYPE);
+    _PyObject_ASSERT((PyObject *)type, type->tp_flags & Py_TPFLAGS_HEAPTYPE);
 
     /* We need to invalidate the method cache carefully before clearing
        the dict, so that other objects caught in a reference cycle
@@ -5117,7 +5119,8 @@ PyType_Ready(PyTypeObject *type)
         assert(_PyType_CheckConsistency(type));
         return 0;
     }
-    assert((type->tp_flags & Py_TPFLAGS_READYING) == 0);
+    _PyObject_ASSERT((PyObject *)type,
+                     (type->tp_flags & Py_TPFLAGS_READYING) == 0);
 
     type->tp_flags |= Py_TPFLAGS_READYING;