From 520edd7a719f4b2c4c71e894d5406cdbf7c480c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jbphet <john.blanco@colorado.edu>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2015 12:48:59 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] added code that allows autoAnswer to be used independently of
 assertions, but to still prevent it from appearing in a production release,
 see #111

---
 js/common/model/ArithmeticModel.js | 3 ++-
 js/divide/model/DivideModel.js     | 3 ---
 js/factor/model/FactorModel.js     | 3 ---
 js/multiply/model/MultiplyModel.js | 3 ---
 4 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/js/common/model/ArithmeticModel.js b/js/common/model/ArithmeticModel.js
index fd0cd220..0e0dfc79 100644
--- a/js/common/model/ArithmeticModel.js
+++ b/js/common/model/ArithmeticModel.js
@@ -241,7 +241,8 @@ define( function( require ) {
         this.initAnswerSheet( this.levelModels[ level ].tableSize );
         this.nextProblem();
 
-        if ( assert && window.phet.chipper.getQueryParameters().hasOwnProperty( 'autoAnswer' ) ) {
+        // enable auto answer if specified in the query params, but only if this is not a production release
+        if ( window.phet.joist.sim.version.indexOf( '-' ) > 0 && window.phet.chipper.getQueryParameter( 'autoAnswer' ) ) {
           this.autoAnswer();
         }
       }
diff --git a/js/divide/model/DivideModel.js b/js/divide/model/DivideModel.js
index 0e12c197..9dcd98d7 100644
--- a/js/divide/model/DivideModel.js
+++ b/js/divide/model/DivideModel.js
@@ -75,9 +75,6 @@ define( function( require ) {
      * @protected
      */
     autoAnswer: function() {
-      if ( !assert ) {
-        throw new Error( 'the autoAnswer function was called in a built version, this should never occur' );
-      }
       var self = this;
       var numQuestions = this.answerSheet.length * this.answerSheet[ 0 ].length;
       var numQuestionsToAnswer = numQuestions - 1;
diff --git a/js/factor/model/FactorModel.js b/js/factor/model/FactorModel.js
index 4835c6bc..2b21ebd6 100644
--- a/js/factor/model/FactorModel.js
+++ b/js/factor/model/FactorModel.js
@@ -53,9 +53,6 @@ define( function( require ) {
      * @protected
      */
     autoAnswer: function() {
-      if ( !assert ) {
-        throw new Error( 'the autoAnswer function was called in a built version, this should never occur' );
-      }
       var self = this;
       var numQuestions = this.answerSheet.length * this.answerSheet[ 0 ].length;
       var numQuestionsToAnswer = numQuestions - 1;
diff --git a/js/multiply/model/MultiplyModel.js b/js/multiply/model/MultiplyModel.js
index 562f2d5c..eed1ad27 100644
--- a/js/multiply/model/MultiplyModel.js
+++ b/js/multiply/model/MultiplyModel.js
@@ -62,9 +62,6 @@ define( function( require ) {
      * @protected
      */
     autoAnswer: function() {
-      if ( !assert ) {
-        throw new Error( 'the autoAnswer function was called in a built version, this should never occur' );
-      }
       var self = this;
       var numQuestions = this.answerSheet.length * this.answerSheet[ 0 ].length;
       var numQuestionsToAnswer = numQuestions - 1;