* This metacommand does not require a comment ''[[Apostrophe|']]'' or [[REM]] before it. There is no space between the metacommand name, the colon and the CONSOLE parameter.
* If this metacommand is used in a program and any of the set [[_ASSERT]] checkpoints will fail, then the program will stop with an '''{{Text|_ASSERT failed|red}}''' error.
* Detailed error messages passed to the [[_ASSERT]] statement will be displayed in the console window, but only if '''$ASSERTS:CONSOLE''' is used.
;Note: This metacommand is the main switch to enable debug tests during development. Later just remove this metacommand to compile the program without debugging code, all the [[_ASSERT]] statements may remain in the code for later debugging sessions, they are simply ignored without this metacommand.