From b04369cc6b78c5f1ccf42b9e36a57f0065931b35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Maxime Gimeno <maxime.gimeno@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 14:55:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Don't assert OFF type

---
 Surface_mesh/include/CGAL/Surface_mesh/Surface_mesh.h | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Surface_mesh/include/CGAL/Surface_mesh/Surface_mesh.h b/Surface_mesh/include/CGAL/Surface_mesh/Surface_mesh.h
index b5099136f3e..947c0c8aeae 100644
--- a/Surface_mesh/include/CGAL/Surface_mesh/Surface_mesh.h
+++ b/Surface_mesh/include/CGAL/Surface_mesh/Surface_mesh.h
@@ -2095,8 +2095,14 @@ private: //------------------------------------------------------- private data
     std::string off;
     is >> sm_skip_comments;
     is >> off;
-    CGAL_assertion( (off == "OFF") || (off == "COFF") || (off == "NOFF") || (off == "CNOFF"));
-
+    if(! (
+         (off == "OFF") || (off == "COFF") || (off == "NOFF") || (off == "CNOFF")
+         )
+       )
+    {
+      is.setstate(std::ios::failbit);
+      return false;
+    }
     is >> n >> f >> e;
     if(!is){
       return false;